diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlvisualnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlvisualnode.h
index b0cda6b7de1..6b80a52c760 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlvisualnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlvisualnode.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public:
     static QmlObjectNode createQmlObjectNode(AbstractView *view,
                                              const ItemLibraryEntry &itemLibraryEntry,
                                              const QPointF &position,
-                                             QmlItemNode parentQmlItemNode);
+                                             QmlVisualNode parentQmlItemNode);
     static QmlObjectNode createQmlObjectNode(AbstractView *view,
                                              const ItemLibraryEntry &itemLibraryEntry,
                                              const QPointF &position,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp
index ba7587e1dbe..04cdcaabe4e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ QmlModelStateGroup QmlVisualNode::states() const
 QmlObjectNode QmlVisualNode::createQmlObjectNode(AbstractView *view,
                                                  const ItemLibraryEntry &itemLibraryEntry,
                                                  const QPointF &position,
-                                                 QmlItemNode parentQmlItemNode)
+                                                 QmlVisualNode parentQmlItemNode)
 {
     if (!parentQmlItemNode.isValid())
-        parentQmlItemNode = QmlItemNode(view->rootModelNode());
+        parentQmlItemNode = QmlVisualNode(view->rootModelNode());
 
     Q_ASSERT(parentQmlItemNode.isValid());