diff --git a/src/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp b/src/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
index 4acbf42e00f..e6daf7bed4e 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ void QAbstractItemModelTesterPrivate::parent()
 
     // Common error test #2, make sure that a second level index has a parent
     // that is the first level index.
-    if (model->rowCount(topIndex) > 0) {
+    if (model->rowCount(topIndex) > 0 && model->columnCount(topIndex) > 0) {
         QModelIndex childIndex = model->index(0, 0, topIndex);
         MODELTESTER_VERIFY(childIndex.isValid());
         MODELTESTER_COMPARE(model->parent(childIndex), topIndex);
diff --git a/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp b/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
index 8e5b20757dc..928008a3791 100644
--- a/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ void tst_QAbstractItemModelTester::standardItemModelZeroColumns()
     // QTBUG-92886
     model.insertRows(0, 5);
     model.removeRows(1, 2);
+
+    const QModelIndex parentIndex = model.index(0, 0);
+    model.insertRows(0, 5, parentIndex);
+    model.removeRows(1, 2, parentIndex);
 }
 
 void tst_QAbstractItemModelTester::testInsertThroughProxy()