diff --git a/src/qml/qml/qqmlcomponent.cpp b/src/qml/qml/qqmlcomponent.cpp
index 432472f52c..90e559d36b 100644
--- a/src/qml/qml/qqmlcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/qml/qqmlcomponent.cpp
@@ -862,8 +862,16 @@ QObject *QQmlComponent::create(QQmlContext *context)
     Q_D(QQmlComponent);
 
     QObject *rv = d->doBeginCreate(this, context);
-    if (rv)
+    if (rv) {
         completeCreate();
+    } else if (d->state.completePending) {
+        // overridden completCreate might assume that
+        // the object has actually been created
+        ++creationDepth;
+        QQmlEnginePrivate *ep = QQmlEnginePrivate::get(d->engine);
+        d->complete(ep, &d->state);
+        --creationDepth;
+    }
     if (rv && !d->requiredProperties().empty()) {
         delete  rv;
         return nullptr;
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qqmllanguage/tst_qqmllanguage.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qqmllanguage/tst_qqmllanguage.cpp
index 1adf0268d4..44d46d9963 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qqmllanguage/tst_qqmllanguage.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qqmllanguage/tst_qqmllanguage.cpp
@@ -4427,9 +4427,6 @@ void tst_qqmllanguage::deepProperty()
 void tst_qqmllanguage::groupAssignmentFailure()
 {
     auto ep = std::make_unique<QQmlEngine>();
-    QTest::ignoreMessage(QtMsgType::QtWarningMsg, "QQmlComponent: Component destroyed while completion pending");
-    QTest::ignoreMessage(QtMsgType::QtWarningMsg, "This may have been caused by one of the following errors:");
-    QTest::ignoreMessage(QtMsgType::QtWarningMsg, QRegularExpression(".*Cannot set properties on b as it is null.*"));
     QTest::ignoreMessage(QtMsgType::QtWarningMsg, QRegularExpression(".*Invalid property assignment: url expected - Assigning null to incompatible properties in QML is deprecated. This will become a compile error in future versions of Qt..*"));
     QQmlComponent component(ep.get(), testFileUrl("groupFailure.qml"));
     QScopedPointer<QObject> o(component.create());