diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp
index a3866b943975bd107b4820741509b938ad2b7653..eb98c1c129b735afa94a54cc2b0ff45bcb186862 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ void StatesEditorView::clearModelStates()
 
     // Remove all states
     const int modelStateCount = m_modelStates.size();
-    for (int i = 0; i < modelStateCount; ++i) {
+    for (int i=modelStateCount-1; i>=0; --i) {
         m_modelStates.removeAt(i);
         m_editorModel->removeState(i);
     }