diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
index 9355df57561..51ab6efa0dc 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ QString QAnyStringView::toString() const
 // QString inline members
 //
 QString::QString(QLatin1StringView latin1)
-{ *this = QString::fromLatin1(latin1.data(), latin1.size()); }
+    : QString{QString::fromLatin1(latin1.data(), latin1.size())} {}
 const QChar QString::at(qsizetype i) const
 { verify(i, 1); return QChar(d.data()[i]); }
 const QChar QString::operator[](qsizetype i) const