diff --git a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel.cpp b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel.cpp
index 774dcfd9794..b638f197bc8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,10 @@ bool QSortFilterProxyModelPrivate::recursiveChildAcceptsRow(int source_row, cons
 {
     Q_Q(const QSortFilterProxyModel);
 
+    const int colCount = model->columnCount(source_parent);
+    if (colCount == 0) // don't call index(row, 0) if there's no such column
+        return false;
+
     const QModelIndex index = model->index(source_row, 0, source_parent);
     const int count = model->rowCount(index);
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qconcatenatetablesproxymodel/tst_qconcatenatetablesproxymodel.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qconcatenatetablesproxymodel/tst_qconcatenatetablesproxymodel.cpp
index edb1b934f9f..f349cd0e5bb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qconcatenatetablesproxymodel/tst_qconcatenatetablesproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qconcatenatetablesproxymodel/tst_qconcatenatetablesproxymodel.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void shouldPropagateDropBetweenItemsAtModelBoundary();
     void shouldPropagateDropAfterLastRow_data();
     void shouldPropagateDropAfterLastRow();
+    void addModelWithFilterOnTop();
     void qtbug91788();
     void qtbug91878();
     void createPersistentOnLayoutAboutToBeChanged();
@@ -864,6 +865,39 @@ void tst_QConcatenateTablesProxyModel::shouldPropagateDropAfterLastRow()
 
 }
 
+class RefuseRowsProxy : public QSortFilterProxyModel
+{
+public:
+    bool filterAcceptsRow(int source_row, const QModelIndex &source_parent) const override
+    {
+        Q_UNUSED(source_row)
+        Q_UNUSED(source_parent)
+        return false;
+    }
+};
+
+void tst_QConcatenateTablesProxyModel::addModelWithFilterOnTop() // QTBUG-134210
+{
+    // Given a QSFPM -> QConcatenateTablesProxyModel and a QStandardItemModel
+    QStandardItemModel sim;
+    sim.appendRow(new QStandardItem("ITEM"));
+
+    QConcatenateTablesProxyModel concat;
+    RefuseRowsProxy proxyFilter;
+    proxyFilter.setSourceModel(&concat);
+    proxyFilter.setRecursiveFilteringEnabled(true);
+
+    // When adding the QStandardItemModel as source model
+    concat.addSourceModel(&sim);
+
+    // Then the item should be filtered out
+    // (without hitting an assert in QConcat::index() nor an infinite recursion in QSFPM)
+    QCOMPARE(concat.rowCount(), 1);
+    QCOMPARE(concat.columnCount(), 1);
+    QCOMPARE(proxyFilter.rowCount(), 0);
+    QCOMPARE(proxyFilter.columnCount(), 1);
+}
+
 void tst_QConcatenateTablesProxyModel::qtbug91788()
 {
     QConcatenateTablesProxyModel proxyConcat;