diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@
 void KFilePlacesModel::addPlace(const QString &text, const QUrl &url,
                                 const QString &iconName, const QString &appName)
 {
-    addPlace(text, url, iconName, appName, QModelIndex());
+   addPlace(text, url, iconName, appName, index(rowCount() -1, 0));
 }
 
 void KFilePlacesModel::addPlace(const QString &text, const QUrl &url,
@@ -1060,6 +1060,8 @@
     if (after.isValid()) {
         KFilePlacesItem *item = static_cast<KFilePlacesItem *>(after.internalPointer());
         d->bookmarkManager->root().moveBookmark(bookmark, item->bookmark());
+    } else {
+        d->bookmarkManager->root().moveBookmark(bookmark, KBookmark());
     }
 
     refresh();