diff --git a/src/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.cpp b/src/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.cpp
index 91807ef7c42..0eb64c16957 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.cpp
@@ -450,8 +450,7 @@ bool QStandardItemPrivate::insertRows(int row, const QList<QStandardItem*> &item
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < items.size(); ++i) {
         QStandardItem *item = items.at(i);
-        item->d_func()->model = model;
-        item->d_func()->parent = q;
+        item->d_func()->setParentAndModel(q, model);
         int index = childIndex(i + row, 0);
         children.replace(index, item);
         if (item)
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel/tst_qstandarditemmodel.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel/tst_qstandarditemmodel.cpp
index ef2fd83d4ca..79b5c18e561 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel/tst_qstandarditemmodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel/tst_qstandarditemmodel.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ private slots:
     void insertRow();
     void insertRows();
     void insertRowsItems();
+    void insertRowsWithChildItems();
     void insertRowInHierarcy();
     void insertColumn_data();
     void insertColumn();
@@ -296,6 +297,39 @@ void tst_QStandardItemModel::insertRowsItems()
     }
 }
 
+void tst_QStandardItemModel::insertRowsWithChildItems()
+{
+    QStandardItemModel model;
+    auto *top = new QStandardItem("top");
+    auto *mid = new QStandardItem("mid");
+    auto *btm = new QStandardItem("bottom");
+
+    model.appendRow(top);
+    mid->appendRow(btm);
+
+    QCOMPARE(top->model(), &model);
+    QCOMPARE(mid->model(), nullptr);
+    QCOMPARE(btm->model(), nullptr);
+
+    top->appendRow(mid);
+    QCOMPARE(top->model(), &model);
+    QCOMPARE(mid->model(), &model);
+    QCOMPARE(btm->model(), &model);
+
+    auto mid2 = top->takeChild(0);
+    top->removeRow(0);
+    QCOMPARE(mid, mid2);
+    QCOMPARE(top->model(), &model);
+    QCOMPARE(mid->model(), nullptr);
+    QCOMPARE(btm->model(), nullptr);
+
+    top->appendRows({mid}); // other codepath than appendRow() above
+    QCOMPARE(top->model(), &model);
+    QCOMPARE(mid->model(), &model);
+    QCOMPARE(btm->model(), &model);
+}
+
+
 void tst_QStandardItemModel::insertRowInHierarcy()
 {
     QVERIFY(m_model->insertRows(0, 1, QModelIndex()));