diff --git a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
index 5395446..224d9c6 100644
--- a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
+++ b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
@@ -2360,7 +2360,7 @@
     <modify-field name="c" read="false" write="false"/>
     <modify-function signature="child() const">
       <modify-argument index="return">
-         <define-ownership owner="target"/>
+         <define-ownership class="target" owner="default"/>
       </modify-argument>
     </modify-function>
   </object-type>