diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/editor3d/generalhelper.cpp b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/editor3d/generalhelper.cpp
index 00f96f51949..f24bc342b91 100644
--- a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/editor3d/generalhelper.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/editor3d/generalhelper.cpp
@@ -1436,6 +1436,7 @@ void GeneralHelper::requestTimerEvent(const QString &timerId, qint64 delay)
             emit requestedTimerEvent(timerId);
         });
         m_eventTimers[timerId] = timer;
+        timer->start(delay);
     }
 }