diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfiglistmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfiglistmodel.cpp
index a0e00b23436f0df5be45b5f6c6a730e740632178..69e6142cb68add4914a1ce412dad925590c184c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfiglistmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfiglistmodel.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ QVariant MaemoDeviceConfigListModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) co
 {
     if (!index.isValid() || index.row() >= rowCount()
         || role != Qt::DisplayRole)
-        return QString();
+        return QVariant();
     return MaemoDeviceConfigurations::instance().devConfigs().at(index.row()).name;
 }