diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
index b8b01d4c46c0ca3631ceba358d0c6111514b4ce7..9027950cea4829b83c548506a7e86a10e8305432 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ QmlProject::~QmlProject()
 {
     m_manager->unregisterProject(this);
 
+    delete m_projectItem.data();
     delete m_rootNode;
 }