diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index 62b2937..2d2e053 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,10 @@ void QAbstractItemView::setModel(QAbstractItemModel *model)
         connect(d->model, SIGNAL(modelReset()), this, SLOT(reset()));
         connect(d->model, SIGNAL(layoutChanged()), this, SLOT(_q_layoutChanged()));
     }
-    setSelectionModel(new QItemSelectionModel(d->model, this));
+
+    QItemSelectionModel *selectionModel = new QItemSelectionModel(d->model, this);
+    setSelectionModel(selectionModel);
+    connect(d->model, SIGNAL(destroyed()), selectionModel, SLOT(deleteLater()));
     reset(); // kill editors, set new root and do layout
 }