diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
index cebb50b59096e54549e9c7bc881bd5b3d5482637..745fa80ec9eb8dcc59c9fa6c8f7d556cf8936359 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public:
     QmlItemNode() : QmlObjectNode() {}
     QmlItemNode(const ModelNode &modelNode)  : QmlObjectNode(modelNode) {}
     bool isValid() const;
+    static bool isValidQmlItemNode(const ModelNode &modelNode);
     bool isRootNode() const;
 
     static bool isItemOrWindow(const ModelNode &modelNode);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelnodefacade.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelnodefacade.h
index 61d67f19fca46beea83593d5bf74ac85ddd04a8d..56b07426769ec4ada6f6e0ccd22850823c230b8a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelnodefacade.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelnodefacade.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public:
     operator ModelNode() const;
     ModelNode modelNode();
     const ModelNode modelNode() const;
+    static bool isValidQmlModelNodeFacade(const ModelNode &modelNode);
     virtual bool isValid() const;
     virtual ~QmlModelNodeFacade();
     QmlModelNodeFacade();
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public:
     bool isRootNode() const;
     QmlModelView* qmlModelView() const;
 
+
 protected:
     QmlModelNodeFacade(const ModelNode &modelNode);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h
index 3f6a2260f08ae4fa932b6e28ace0477ebcb63e0c..0467c60487ae11de0371b6b0496ac4ae398b961d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public:
     QmlObjectNode();
     QmlObjectNode(const ModelNode &modelNode);
 
+    static bool isValidQmlObjectNode(const ModelNode &modelNode);
+    bool isValid() const;
+
     bool hasNodeParent() const;
     bool hasInstanceParent() const;
     bool hasInstanceParentItem() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index 0da7a5445cd2f58dea1f81970afd73fe411e1e5e..5dea379193ca23f02975bc2d1c444ab1da790e05 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ bool QmlItemNode::isItemOrWindow(const ModelNode &modelNode)
 
 bool QmlItemNode::isValid() const
 {
-    return QmlModelNodeFacade::isValid() && modelNode().metaInfo().isValid() && isItemOrWindow(modelNode());
+    return isValidQmlItemNode(modelNode());
+}
+
+bool QmlItemNode::isValidQmlItemNode(const ModelNode &modelNode)
+{
+    return isValidQmlObjectNode(modelNode) && modelNode.metaInfo().isValid() && isItemOrWindow(modelNode);
 }
 
 bool QmlItemNode::isRootNode() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelnodefacade.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelnodefacade.cpp
index 33770cbed7e63d4e712ad9bc6f60457e9ab6752e..994afb60c9a2e3c7e7059ffdffee159e1f0d1e4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelnodefacade.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelnodefacade.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const ModelNode QmlModelNodeFacade::modelNode() const
 
 bool QmlModelNodeFacade::isValid() const
 {
-    return modelNode().isValid() && qmlModelView() && qmlModelView()->nodeInstanceView() && qmlModelView()->hasInstanceForModelNode(modelNode()) && qmlModelView()->instanceForModelNode(modelNode()).isValid();
+    return isValidQmlModelNodeFacade(m_modelNode);
 }
 
 QmlModelView* QmlModelNodeFacade::qmlModelView() const
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ QmlModelView* QmlModelNodeFacade::qmlModelView() const
     return modelNode().view()->toQmlModelView();
 }
 
+bool QmlModelNodeFacade::isValidQmlModelNodeFacade(const ModelNode &modelNode)
+{
+    QmlModelView * qmlModelView = modelNode.view()->toQmlModelView();
+
+    return modelNode.isValid() && qmlModelView && qmlModelView->nodeInstanceView() && qmlModelView->hasInstanceForModelNode(modelNode) && qmlModelView->instanceForModelNode(modelNode).isValid();
+}
+
 bool QmlModelNodeFacade::isRootNode() const
 {
     return modelNode().isRootNode();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
index 564e77cd6916d3d9a85be21dfa969ccf9e85a477..c5d76c3a7893a48b1fc975c84f38b1f93c72a729 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
@@ -458,6 +458,17 @@ QmlObjectNode::QmlObjectNode(const ModelNode &modelNode)
     : QmlModelNodeFacade(modelNode)
 {
 }
+
+bool QmlObjectNode::isValidQmlObjectNode(const ModelNode &modelNode)
+{
+    return isValidQmlModelNodeFacade(modelNode);
+}
+
+bool QmlObjectNode::isValid() const
+{
+    return isValidQmlObjectNode(modelNode());
+}
+
 bool QmlObjectNode::hasNodeParent() const
 {
     return modelNode().hasParentProperty();