diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.cpp b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.cpp
index 3c4201492..dae1c2582 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.cpp
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.cpp
@@ -216,25 +216,25 @@ QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> FullScreenDialog::title()
     if (m_rootObject) {
         return m_rootObject.data()->property("title").value<QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> >();
     } else {
-        return QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject>();
+        return QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject>(this, m_dummyTitleElements);
     }
 }
 
-QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> FullScreenDialog::content() const
+QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> FullScreenDialog::content()
 {
     if (m_rootObject) {
         return m_rootObject.data()->property("content").value<QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> >();
     } else {
-        return QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject>();
+        return QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject>(this, m_dummyContentElements);
     }
 }
 
-QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> FullScreenDialog::buttons() const
+QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> FullScreenDialog::buttons()
 {
     if (m_rootObject) {
         return m_rootObject.data()->property("buttons").value<QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> >();
     } else {
-        return QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject>();
+        return QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject>(this, m_dummyButtonsElements);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.h b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.h
index d199fcd02..da79fe6a3 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.h
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreendialog.h
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public:
 
     //QML properties
     QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> title();
-    QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> content() const;
-    QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> buttons() const;
+    QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> content();
+    QDeclarativeListProperty<QGraphicsObject> buttons();
     DialogStatus::Status status() const;
 
     Q_INVOKABLE void open();
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ private:
     QGraphicsScene *m_scene;
     QWeakPointer<QObject> m_rootObject;
     static uint s_numItems;
+
+    //those only used in case of error, to not make plasma crash
+    QList<QGraphicsObject *> m_dummyTitleElements;
+    QList<QGraphicsObject *> m_dummyContentElements;
+    QList<QGraphicsObject *> m_dummyButtonsElements;
 };
 
 #endif