diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodemetainfo.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodemetainfo.cpp
index 3a6ba896345..926b0bb6cd2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodemetainfo.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodemetainfo.cpp
@@ -567,11 +567,6 @@ const QmlJS::CppComponentValue *NodeMetaInfoPrivate::getCppComponentValue() cons
         return 0;
     const TypeName type = nameComponents.last();
 
-    // maybe 'type' is a cpp name
-    const QmlJS::CppComponentValue *value = context()->valueOwner()->cppQmlTypes().objectByCppName(type);
-    if (value)
-        return value;
-
     TypeName module;
     for (int i = 0; i < nameComponents.size() - 1; ++i) {
         if (i != 0)
@@ -579,7 +574,7 @@ const QmlJS::CppComponentValue *NodeMetaInfoPrivate::getCppComponentValue() cons
         module += nameComponents.at(i);
     }
 
-    // otherwise get the qml object value that's available in the document
+    // get the qml object value that's available in the document
     foreach (const QmlJS::Import &import, context()->imports(document())->all()) {
         if (import.info.path() != QString::fromUtf8(module))
             continue;
@@ -592,7 +587,14 @@ const QmlJS::CppComponentValue *NodeMetaInfoPrivate::getCppComponentValue() cons
             return cppValue;
     }
 
-    return value_cast<CppComponentValue>(getObjectValue());
+    const QmlJS::CppComponentValue *value = value_cast<CppComponentValue>(getObjectValue());
+    if (value)
+        return value;
+
+    // maybe 'type' is a cpp name
+    const QmlJS::CppComponentValue *cppValue = context()->valueOwner()->cppQmlTypes().objectByCppName(type);
+
+    return cppValue;
 }
 
 const QmlJS::ObjectValue *NodeMetaInfoPrivate::getObjectValue() const