diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodemetainfo.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodemetainfo.cpp
index 20e4562c5fe..0a1b6ba0aa2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodemetainfo.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodemetainfo.cpp
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ const QmlJS::CppComponentValue *NodeMetaInfoPrivate::getCppComponentValue() cons
             return cppValue;
     }
 
-    return 0;
+    return value_cast<CppComponentValue>(getObjectValue());
 }
 
 const QmlJS::ObjectValue *NodeMetaInfoPrivate::getObjectValue() const