diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/fileresourcesmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/fileresourcesmodel.cpp
index 4e8a390bfd79525ed7b59625ba017a9ee38ad368..d44bcfc3d3d4c40a6b48fab315a9cf9898bbb074 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/fileresourcesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/fileresourcesmodel.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void FileResourcesModel::openFileDialog()
 
     //If that one is not valid we try the path for the current file
     if (path.isEmpty() && !m_fileName.isEmpty())
-        path = QFileInfo(modelPath + QStringLiteral("/") + m_fileName.toString()).absoluteDir().absolutePath();
+        path = QFileInfo(modelPath + '/' + m_fileName.toString()).absolutePath();
 
 
     //Next we try to fall back to the path any file browser was opened with