diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index 2bbaec155741f7f6b3b92b2ceeaed8d5c530dcfd..3a815dfda720dbfe6dae15c974dadbb3a51d998b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ QmlItemNode QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNode(AbstractView *view, const ItemLibrary
         if (!newQmlItemNode.isValid())
             return newQmlItemNode;
 
-        newQmlItemNode.setId(view->generateNewId(itemLibraryEntry.name().toLower()));
+        newQmlItemNode.setId(view->generateNewId(itemLibraryEntry.name()));
 
         if (!view->currentState().isBaseState()) {
             newQmlItemNode.modelNode().variantProperty("opacity").setValue(0);