diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicklistview.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquicklistview.cpp
index 69fdeafd09..6b29ac1f1d 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicklistview.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicklistview.cpp
@@ -806,6 +806,10 @@ void QQuickListViewPrivate::removeItem(FxViewItem *item)
 #endif
     {
         qCDebug(lcItemViewDelegateLifecycle) << "\treleasing stationary item" << item->index << (QObject *)(item->item);
+        if (auto *att = static_cast<QQuickListViewAttached*>(item->attached)) {
+            releaseSectionItem(att->m_sectionItem);
+            att->m_sectionItem = nullptr;
+        }
         releaseItem(item, reusableFlag);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview/data/removeSectionsOnNonVisibleItems.qml b/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview/data/removeSectionsOnNonVisibleItems.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..671dba3391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview/data/removeSectionsOnNonVisibleItems.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import QtQuick
+
+ListView {
+    id: listView
+
+    ListModel {
+        id: listModel
+        Component.onCompleted: reloadModel()
+    }
+
+    property list<Item> sectionItems
+    property int sectionType: 0
+    property int sectionCount: 0
+
+    function reloadModel() {
+        ++listView.sectionType
+        listModel.clear()
+        for (let i = 0; i < 50; ++i) {
+            listModel.append({sectionStr: listView.sectionType + ":" + listView.sectionCount++})
+        }
+        listView.sectionCount = 0
+    }
+
+    width: 640
+    height: 480
+    spacing: 24
+    boundsBehavior: Flickable.DragOverBounds
+    displayMarginBeginning: 100
+    displayMarginEnd: 100
+    contentWidth: listView.width
+
+    model: listModel
+
+    section.property: "sectionStr"
+    section.criteria: ViewSection.FullString
+    section.labelPositioning: ViewSection.InlineLabels | ViewSection.CurrentLabelAtStart
+    section.delegate: Item {
+        id: item
+        property string sectionData: section
+        width: listView.width
+        height: 30
+        Rectangle {
+            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+            width: textDate.width + 20
+            height: 16
+            radius: 8
+            color: "#E0E1D8"
+            Text {
+                id: textDate
+                anchors.centerIn: parent
+                font.pixelSize: 10
+                text: item.sectionData
+            }
+        }
+        Component.onCompleted: listView.sectionItems.push(item)
+        Component.onDestruction: {
+            let newSectionItems = []
+            for (let index = 0; index < listView.sectionItems.length; index++) {
+                if (listView.sectionItems[index] !== null && listView.sectionItems[index] != item)
+                    newSectionItems.push(listView.sectionItems[index])
+            }
+            listView.sectionItems = newSectionItems
+        }
+    }
+
+    delegate: Item { width: listView.width; height: 10 + index }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview/tst_qquicklistview.cpp b/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview/tst_qquicklistview.cpp
index 8eb6007184..1fb61a6a2e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview/tst_qquicklistview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview/tst_qquicklistview.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ private slots:
     void sectionPropertyChange();
     void sectionDelegateChange();
     void sectionsItemInsertion();
+    void removeSectionsOnNonvisibleItems();
     void cacheBuffer();
     void positionViewAtBeginningEnd();
     void positionViewAtIndex();
@@ -2783,6 +2784,52 @@ void tst_QQuickListView::sectionsSnap()
     QCOMPARE(listview->contentY(), qreal(-50));
 }
 
+void tst_QQuickListView::removeSectionsOnNonvisibleItems()
+{
+    QScopedPointer<QQuickView> window(createView());
+    window->setSource(testFileUrl("removeSectionsOnNonVisibleItems.qml"));
+    window->show();
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(window.data()));
+
+    auto verifySectionData = [](QObject *object, int sectionId) {
+        auto sectionList = object->property("sectionItems").value<QQmlListProperty<QQuickItem>>();
+        const int length = sectionList.count(&sectionList);
+        for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
+            QQuickItem *currentItem = sectionList.at(&sectionList, index);
+            QString sectionData = currentItem->property("sectionData").value<QString>();
+            QStringList sectionDataList = sectionData.split(":");
+            QVERIFY(sectionDataList.at(0).toInt() == sectionId);
+        }
+    };
+
+    auto *listView = qobject_cast<QQuickListView*>(window->rootObject());
+    QTRY_VERIFY(listView != nullptr);
+    QVERIFY(listView->contentItem());
+
+    auto device = QPointingDevice::primaryPointingDevice();
+    const int stopFlickCount = 15;
+    int flickIndex = 0;
+    // The issue is more apparent when the list view used in this test case
+    // been flicked to the contentY: 965.
+    const float contentYThreadhold = 965.;
+    do {
+        QQuickTest::pointerFlick(device, window.data(), 0, QPoint(100, 100), QPoint(100, 50), 125);
+        QTRY_VERIFY(listView->isMovingVertically());
+        QVERIFY(listView->contentY() != qreal(0));
+        if (listView->contentY() >= contentYThreadhold) {
+            listView->cancelFlick();
+            break;
+        }
+    } while (++flickIndex <= stopFlickCount);
+
+    int verifySectionId = 0;
+    verifySectionData(listView, ++verifySectionId);
+    // Refresh the section item with the new model data
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(listView, "reloadModel");
+    QVERIFY(QQuickTest::qWaitForPolish(listView));
+    verifySectionData(listView, ++verifySectionId);
+}
+
 void tst_QQuickListView::currentIndex_delayedItemCreation()
 {
     QFETCH(bool, setCurrentToZero);