1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/qmlmodels/qqmladaptormodel_p.h b/src/qmlmodels/qqmladaptormodel_p.h
index ba54c864c6..4dbb6ed54e 100644
--- a/src/qmlmodels/qqmladaptormodel_p.h
+++ b/src/qmlmodels/qqmladaptormodel_p.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class QQmlDelegateModel;
 class QQmlDelegateModelItem;
 class QQmlDelegateModelItemMetaType;
 
-class Q_QMLMODELS_PRIVATE_EXPORT QQmlAdaptorModel : public QQmlStrongJSQObjectReference<QObject>
+class Q_QMLMODELS_PRIVATE_EXPORT QQmlAdaptorModel : public QQmlGuard<QObject>
 {
 public:
     class Accessors
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ public:
     const Accessors *accessors;
     QPersistentModelIndex rootIndex;
     QQmlListAccessor list;
+    // we need to ensure that a JS created model does not get gced, but cannot
+    // arbitrarily set the parent  (using QQmlStrongJSQObjectReference)  of QObject based models,
+    // as that causes issues with singletons
+    QV4::PersistentValue modelStrongReference;
 
     int modelItemRevision = 0;