diff --git a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicswidget.cpp b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicswidget.cpp
index 2700605a712..125174627db 100644
--- a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicswidget.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,11 @@ QGraphicsWidget::~QGraphicsWidget()
 
     // Remove this graphics widget from widgetStyles
     widgetStyles()->setStyleForWidget(this, 0);
+
+    // Unset the parent here, when we're still a QGraphicsWidget.
+    // It is otherwise done in ~QGraphicsItem() where we'd be
+    // calling QGraphicsWidget members on an ex-QGraphicsWidget object
+    setParentItem(Q_NULLPTR);
 }
 
 /*!