diff --git a/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp b/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp
--- a/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp
@@ -504,17 +504,20 @@
     //Force QtQuickControls to use the "Plasma" style for this engine.
     //this way is possible to mix QtQuickControls and plasma components in applets
     //while still having the desktop style in configuration dialogs
-    QQmlComponent c(engine);
-    c.setData(QByteArrayLiteral("import QtQuick 2.1\n\
-        import QtQuick.Controls 1.0\n\
-        import QtQuick.Controls.Private 1.0\n \
-        Item {\
-          Component.onCompleted: {\
-            Settings.styleName = \"Plasma\";\
-          }\
-        }"), QUrl());
-    QObject *o = c.create();
-    o->deleteLater();
+    if (!engine->property("_plasma_qqc_style_set").toBool()) {
+        QQmlComponent c(engine);
+        c.setData(QByteArrayLiteral("import QtQuick 2.1\n\
+            import QtQuick.Controls 1.0\n\
+            import QtQuick.Controls.Private 1.0\n \
+            QtObject {\
+              Component.onCompleted: {\
+                Settings.styleName = \"Plasma\";\
+              }\
+            }"), QUrl());
+        QObject *o = c.create();
+        o->deleteLater();
+        engine->setProperty(("_plasma_qqc_style_set"), true);
+    }
 
     d->qmlObject->setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(d->applet->kPackage().filePath("mainscript")));