diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qcombobox.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qcombobox.cpp
index 0ecbb8a435..232ba6698e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qcombobox.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qcombobox.cpp
@@ -546,7 +546,8 @@ void QComboBoxPrivateContainer::setItemView(QAbstractItemView *itemView)
         disconnect(view, SIGNAL(destroyed()),
                    this, SLOT(viewDestroyed()));
 
-        delete view;
+        if (isAncestorOf(view))
+            delete view;
         view = 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qcombobox/tst_qcombobox.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qcombobox/tst_qcombobox.cpp
index c409698ec0..3835981725 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qcombobox/tst_qcombobox.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qcombobox/tst_qcombobox.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ private slots:
     void keyboardSelection();
     void setCustomModelAndView();
     void updateDelegateOnEditableChange();
+    void respectChangedOwnershipOfItemView();
 };
 
 class MyAbstractItemDelegate : public QAbstractItemDelegate
@@ -3169,5 +3170,27 @@ void tst_QComboBox::updateDelegateOnEditableChange()
     }
 }
 
+void tst_QComboBox::respectChangedOwnershipOfItemView()
+{
+    QComboBox box1;
+    QComboBox box2;
+    QTableView *v1 = new QTableView;
+    box1.setView(v1);
+
+    QSignalSpy spy1(v1, SIGNAL(destroyed()));
+    box2.setView(v1); // Ownership should now be transferred to box2
+
+
+    QTableView *v2 = new QTableView(&box1);
+    box1.setView(v2);  // Here we do not expect v1 to be deleted
+    QApplication::processEvents();
+    QCOMPARE(spy1.count(), 0);
+
+    QSignalSpy spy2(v2, SIGNAL(destroyed()));
+    box1.setView(v1);
+    QCOMPARE(spy2.count(), 1);
+}
+
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QComboBox)
 #include "tst_qcombobox.moc"