diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
index b22b39e238b..441c2d29aaf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
@@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ void PropertyEditorView::setExpressionOnObjectNode(const QmlObjectNode &constObj
         }
     }
 
-    if (qmlObjectNode.expression(name) != expression
+    if (qmlObjectNode.expression(name) != newExpression
         || !qmlObjectNode.propertyAffectedByCurrentState(name))
-        qmlObjectNode.setBindingProperty(name, expression);
+        qmlObjectNode.setBindingProperty(name, newExpression);
 }
 
 void PropertyEditorView::generateAliasForProperty(const ModelNode &modelNode, const QString &name)