diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp
index a0f5e8dbfd1..e7d930a82b1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void StatesEditorView::setWhenCondition(int internalNodeId, const QString &condi
             if (state.isValid())
                 state.modelNode().bindingProperty("when").setExpression(condition);
 
-        } catch (const RewritingException &e) {
+        } catch (const Exception &e) {
             e.showException();
         }
     }