diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/gradientmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/gradientmodel.cpp
index b2e25fa6d66..31cce3dc313 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/gradientmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/gradientmodel.cpp
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void GradientModel::setAnchorBackend(const QVariant &anchorBackend)
         m_itemNode = backendCasted->getItemNode();
 
     if (m_itemNode.isValid()
-        && m_itemNode.modelNode().hasProperty(gradientPropertyName().toUtf8()))
+            && m_itemNode.modelNode().hasNodeProperty(gradientPropertyName().toUtf8()))
         m_gradientTypeName = m_itemNode.modelNode().nodeProperty(gradientPropertyName().toUtf8()).modelNode().simplifiedTypeName();
 
     setupModel();