diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp
index 6d57ccd9bf19e347e87d7bcafb776a433e03ab24..1f2ee6ecbdf5f83b7b8550232f0f11042c022928 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ bool Project::fromMap(const QVariantMap &map)
         const QString key(QString::fromLatin1(TARGET_KEY_PREFIX) + QString::number(i));
         if (!map.contains(key)) {
             qWarning() << key << "was not found in data.";
-            return false;
+            continue;
         }
         QVariantMap targetMap = map.value(key).toMap();