diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/filewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/filewidget.cpp
index 7bd2d1c276c2ffb610939ea3f8226b6a4ce685d8..f3ea8e28ab41edc02b05c1c9da36524a380c64a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/filewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/filewidget.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void FileWidget::setupComboBox()
     QDir dir;
 
     if (m_itemNode.isValid())
-        dir = QFileInfo(m_itemNode.modelNode().model()->fileUrl().toLocalFile()).absoluteDir();
+        dir = QDir(m_itemNode.modelNode().model()->fileUrl().toLocalFile());
     else if (m_path.isValid())
         dir = QDir(m_path.toLocalFile());