diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.cpp
index c2392e25a5b..171e1fee1db 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ quint32 ClientProxy::fetchContextObject(const QmlDebugObjectReference& obj)
     return m_engineClient->queryObject(obj);
 }
 
-void ClientProxy::fetchContextObjectRecursive(
+void ClientProxy::fetchRootObjects(
         const QmlDebugContextReference& context, bool clear)
 {
     if (!isConnected())
@@ -541,16 +541,19 @@ void ClientProxy::fetchContextObjectRecursive(
         quint32 queryId = 0;
         using namespace QmlJsDebugClient::Constants;
         if (m_engineClient->objectName() == QML_DEBUGGER &&
-                m_engineClient->serviceVersion() >= CURRENT_SUPPORTED_VERSION)
-            queryId = fetchContextObject(obj);
-        else
+                m_engineClient->serviceVersion() >= CURRENT_SUPPORTED_VERSION) {
+            //Fetch only root objects
+            if (obj.parentId() == -1)
+                queryId = fetchContextObject(obj);
+        } else {
             queryId = m_engineClient->queryObjectRecursive(obj);
+        }
 
         if (queryId)
             m_objectTreeQueryIds << queryId;
     }
     foreach (const QmlDebugContextReference& child, context.contexts()) {
-        fetchContextObjectRecursive(child, false);
+        fetchRootObjects(child, false);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.h b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.h
index 38e26e52de8..0e7c9060347 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public:
 
     quint32 fetchContextObject(const QmlDebugObjectReference& obj);
     void addObjectToTree(const QmlDebugObjectReference &obj);
-    void fetchContextObjectRecursive(const QmlDebugContextReference &context, bool clear);
+    void fetchRootObjects(const QmlDebugContextReference &context, bool clear);
     void insertObjectInTreeIfNeeded(const QmlDebugObjectReference &object);
 
     QDeclarativeDebugClient *qmlDebugger() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.cpp
index 7e1188ce14f..745777780c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.cpp
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ void InspectorUi::disconnected()
 void InspectorUi::onRootContext(const QVariant &value)
 {
     if (m_crumblePath->dataForLastIndex().toInt() < 0) {
-        m_clientProxy->fetchContextObjectRecursive(
+        m_clientProxy->fetchRootObjects(
                     qvariant_cast<QmlDebugContextReference>(
                         value), true);
      } else {