diff --git a/src/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp b/src/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
index d11c59b8e8c..4acbf42e00f 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
@@ -720,12 +720,12 @@ void QAbstractItemModelTesterPrivate::rowsAboutToBeRemoved(const QModelIndex &pa
     Changing c;
     c.parent = parent;
     c.oldSize = model->rowCount(parent);
-    if (start > 0) {
+    if (start > 0 && model->columnCount(parent) > 0) {
         const QModelIndex startIndex = model->index(start - 1, 0, parent);
         MODELTESTER_VERIFY(startIndex.isValid());
         c.last = model->data(startIndex);
     }
-    if (end < c.oldSize - 1) {
+    if (end < c.oldSize - 1 && model->columnCount(parent) > 0) {
         const QModelIndex endIndex = model->index(end + 1, 0, parent);
         MODELTESTER_VERIFY(endIndex.isValid());
         c.next = model->data(endIndex);
diff --git a/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp b/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
index 177021121bf..8e5b20757dc 100644
--- a/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
@@ -105,13 +105,16 @@ void tst_QAbstractItemModelTester::standardItemModel()
     model.insertColumns(0, 5, model.index(1, 3));
 }
 
-void tst_QAbstractItemModelTester::standardItemModelZeroColumns() // QTBUG-92220
+void tst_QAbstractItemModelTester::standardItemModelZeroColumns()
 {
     QStandardItemModel model;
-
     QAbstractItemModelTester t1(&model);
+    // QTBUG-92220
     model.insertRows(0, 5);
     model.removeRows(0, 5);
+    // QTBUG-92886
+    model.insertRows(0, 5);
+    model.removeRows(1, 2);
 }
 
 void tst_QAbstractItemModelTester::testInsertThroughProxy()