diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.cpp
index d6d276fa44..72227a1e19 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.cpp
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ bool KItemListController::dragMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* event, cons
     KItemListWidget* oldHoveredWidget = hoveredWidget();
 
     const QPointF pos = transform.map(event->pos());
-    KItemListWidget* newHoveredWidget = widgetForPos(pos);
+    KItemListWidget* newHoveredWidget = widgetForDropPos(pos);
 
     if (oldHoveredWidget != newHoveredWidget) {
         m_autoActivationTimer->stop();
@@ -806,7 +806,12 @@ bool KItemListController::dropEvent(QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* event, const QT
         Q_EMIT aboveItemDropEvent(dropAboveIndex, event);
     } else if (!event->mimeData()->hasFormat(m_model->blacklistItemDropEventMimeType())) {
         // Something has been dropped on an item or on an empty part of the view.
-        Q_EMIT itemDropEvent(m_view->itemAt(pos).value_or(-1), event);
+        const KItemListWidget *receivingWidget = widgetForDropPos(pos);
+        if (receivingWidget) {
+            Q_EMIT itemDropEvent(receivingWidget->index(), event);
+        } else {
+            Q_EMIT itemDropEvent(-1, event);
+        }
     }
 
     QAccessibleEvent accessibilityEvent(view(), QAccessible::DragDropEnd);
@@ -1364,6 +1369,21 @@ KItemListWidget* KItemListController::widgetForPos(const QPointF& pos) const
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+KItemListWidget* KItemListController::widgetForDropPos(const QPointF& pos) const
+{
+    Q_ASSERT(m_view);
+
+    const auto widgets = m_view->visibleItemListWidgets();
+    for (KItemListWidget* widget : widgets) {
+        const QPointF mappedPos = widget->mapFromItem(m_view, pos);
+        if (widget->contains(mappedPos)) {
+            return widget;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
 void KItemListController::updateKeyboardAnchor()
 {
     const bool validAnchor = m_keyboardAnchorIndex >= 0 &&
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.h b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.h
index 5fe195e9f4..d2e56eb64b 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistcontroller.h
@@ -253,6 +253,15 @@ private:
      */
     KItemListWidget* widgetForPos(const QPointF& pos) const;
 
+    /**
+     * @return Widget that should receive a drop event if an item is dropped at \a pos. 0 is returned
+     *         if no widget should receive a drop event at the position.
+     *
+     * While widgetForPos() returns a widget if \a pos is anywhere inside the hover highlight area of the widget,
+     * widgetForDropPos() only returns a widget if \a pos is directly above the widget (widget->contains(pos) == true).
+     */
+    KItemListWidget* widgetForDropPos(const QPointF& pos) const;
+
     /**
      * Updates m_keyboardAnchorIndex and m_keyboardAnchorPos. If no anchor is
      * set, it will be adjusted to the current item. If it is set it will be