diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
index 3aeb932e603a0bfdb814f8eeb8b9be1c66e4c617..c2ca90a436f490895f816ff08102e7a3d68d07b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ ProjectExplorer::FolderNode::AddNewInformation ResourceTopLevelNode::addNewInfor
             p = 125;
         else if (projectNode() == context)
             p = 150; // steal from our project node
+        // The ResourceFolderNode '/' defers to us, as otherwise
+        // two nodes would be responsible for '/'
+        // Thus also return a high priority for it
+        if (ResourceFolderNode *rfn = qobject_cast<ResourceFolderNode *>(context))
+            if (rfn->prefix() == QLatin1String("/"))
+                p = 150;
     }
 
     return AddNewInformation(name, p);