diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfactory.cpp
index f4370132d86389c177da52a6979048fe93bc8344..32722aca376747823c07d0bb5b1667d5d3ec0e12 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfactory.cpp
@@ -626,9 +626,7 @@ bool JsonWizardFactory::initialize(const QVariantMap &data, const QDir &baseDir,
 
     // Options:
     const QVariant optionValue = data.value(QLatin1String(OPTIONS_KEY));
-    const QVariantList optionList = objectOrList(optionValue, errorMessage);
-    if (optionList.isEmpty())
-        return false;
+    const QVariantList optionList = optionValue.isNull() ? QVariantList() : objectOrList(optionValue, errorMessage);
 
     foreach (const QVariant &v, optionList) {
         if (v.type() != QVariant::Map) {