diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerbasemodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerbasemodel.cpp
index 54f694481a836567c4238ead6f943c70e149a0bf..4bbc2a9f1944d3f0ee196e70add3eb882495438c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerbasemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerbasemodel.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ namespace QmlProfiler {
 
 QmlProfilerBaseModel::QmlProfilerBaseModel(Utils::FileInProjectFinder *fileFinder,
                                            QmlProfilerModelManager *manager,
-                                           QmlProfilerBaseModelPrivate *dd) : d_ptr(dd)
+                                           QmlProfilerBaseModelPrivate *dd)
+    : QObject(manager)
+    , d_ptr(dd)
 {
     Q_D(QmlProfilerBaseModel);
     d->modelManager = manager;