diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/defaultannotations.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/defaultannotations.cpp
index 3623dceeb95..f1fc72ab42d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/defaultannotations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/defaultannotations.cpp
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ QVariantMap DefaultAnnotationsModel::asVariantMapFromJson(const QJsonDocument &d
         case QJsonValue::Double:
             map[key] = double{0.0};
             break;
-        case QJsonValue::String:
-            map[key] = QString{};
-            break;
         case QJsonValue::Bool:
             map[key] = false;
             break;
@@ -161,6 +158,10 @@ QVariantMap DefaultAnnotationsModel::asVariantMapFromJson(const QJsonDocument &d
             else if (type == QStringLiteral("color"))
                 map[key] = QVariant::fromValue(QColor(val.toString()));
         }
+        default:
+        case QJsonValue::String:
+            map[key] = QString{};
+            break;
         }
     }