diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentcontroller.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentcontroller.cpp
index ac65c0a00cf6d63e1b42cf0cbad285501b282a58..87e31f1511350e7d7eef4871547406b00f05aff3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentcontroller.cpp
@@ -633,6 +633,9 @@ void DesignDocumentController::paste()
         if (!view.selectedModelNodes().isEmpty())
             targetNode = view.selectedModelNodes().first();
 
+        if (targetNode.isValid() && targetNode.parentProperty().isValid())
+            targetNode = targetNode.parentProperty().parentModelNode();
+
         if (!targetNode.isValid())
             targetNode = view.rootModelNode();
 
@@ -645,7 +648,6 @@ void DesignDocumentController::paste()
                 if (node.isAncestorOf(node2))
                     selectedNodes.removeAll(node2);
             }
-
         }
 
         QList<ModelNode> pastedNodeList;