diff --git a/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp b/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp
index a0dbf5ed2..49b825c01 100644
--- a/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ QObject *AppletQuickItemPrivate::createFullRepresentationItem()
         return fullRepresentationItem.data();
     }
 
-    if (fullRepresentation) {
+    if (fullRepresentation && fullRepresentation.data() != qmlObject->mainComponent()) {
         fullRepresentationItem = qmlObject->createObjectFromComponent(fullRepresentation.data(), QtQml::qmlContext(qmlObject->rootObject()));
     } else {
         fullRepresentation = qmlObject->mainComponent();
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ QObject *AppletQuickItemPrivate::createFullRepresentationItem()
         emit q->fullRepresentationChanged(fullRepresentation.data());
     }
 
+
+    if (!fullRepresentationItem) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     QQuickItem *graphicsObj = qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(fullRepresentationItem.data());
     QObject::connect (graphicsObj, &QQuickItem::widthChanged, [=]() {
         fullRepresentationResizeTimer.start();
@@ -435,7 +440,7 @@ Plasma::Applet *AppletQuickItem::applet() const
 
 void AppletQuickItem::init()
 {
-    if (AppletQuickItemPrivate::s_rootObjects.contains(this)) {
+    if (AppletQuickItemPrivate::s_rootObjects.contains(d->qmlObject->engine())) {
         return;
     }