diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movetool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movetool.cpp
index 5fb29ac88d423c8119caec59cd71da43b36b7cf4..1c7e52f9f5c0b32f1943c33f5c6218e51e236bff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movetool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movetool.cpp
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ void MoveTool::mouseReleaseEvent(const QList<QGraphicsItem*> &itemList,
         m_movingItems.clear();
     }
 
-    view()->changeToSelectionTool();
-
     AbstractFormEditorTool::mouseReleaseEvent(itemList, event);
+
+    view()->changeToSelectionTool();
 }
 
 void MoveTool::mouseDoubleClickEvent(const QList<QGraphicsItem*> &itemList, QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)