diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index 102e659fbf3..c2f7a9b184a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -4677,7 +4677,8 @@ void QWidget::unsetCursor()
 void QWidget::render(QPaintDevice *target, const QPoint &targetOffset,
                      const QRegion &sourceRegion, RenderFlags renderFlags)
 {
-    d_func()->render(target, targetOffset, sourceRegion, renderFlags, false);
+    QPainter p(target);
+    render(&p, targetOffset, sourceRegion, renderFlags);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -4721,9 +4722,6 @@ void QWidget::render(QPainter *painter, const QPoint &targetOffset,
         d->createExtra();
     d->extra->inRenderWithPainter = true;
 
-#ifdef Q_WS_MAC
-    d->render_helper(painter, targetOffset, toBePainted, renderFlags);
-#else
     QPaintEngine *engine = painter->paintEngine();
     Q_ASSERT(engine);
     QPaintEnginePrivate *enginePriv = engine->d_func();
@@ -4734,7 +4732,7 @@ void QWidget::render(QPainter *painter, const QPoint &targetOffset,
     // Render via a pixmap when dealing with non-opaque painters or printers.
     if (!inRenderWithPainter && (opacity < 1.0 || (target->devType() == QInternal::Printer))) {
         d->render_helper(painter, targetOffset, toBePainted, renderFlags);
-        d->extra->inRenderWithPainter = false;
+        d->extra->inRenderWithPainter = inRenderWithPainter;
         return;
     }
 
@@ -4755,7 +4753,7 @@ void QWidget::render(QPainter *painter, const QPoint &targetOffset,
         enginePriv->setSystemViewport(oldSystemClip);
     }
 
-    render(target, targetOffset, toBePainted, renderFlags);
+    d->render(target, targetOffset, toBePainted, renderFlags);
 
     // Restore system clip, viewport and transform.
     enginePriv->systemClip = oldSystemClip;
@@ -4764,9 +4762,8 @@ void QWidget::render(QPainter *painter, const QPoint &targetOffset,
 
     // Restore shared painter.
     d->setSharedPainter(oldPainter);
-#endif
 
-    d->extra->inRenderWithPainter = false;
+    d->extra->inRenderWithPainter = inRenderWithPainter;
 }
 
 static void sendResizeEvents(QWidget *target)
@@ -5204,8 +5201,7 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::drawWidget(QPaintDevice *pdev, const QRegion &rgn, const QP
 }
 
 void QWidgetPrivate::render(QPaintDevice *target, const QPoint &targetOffset,
-                            const QRegion &sourceRegion, QWidget::RenderFlags renderFlags,
-                            bool readyToRender)
+                            const QRegion &sourceRegion, QWidget::RenderFlags renderFlags)
 {
     if (!target) {
         qWarning("QWidget::render: null pointer to paint device");
@@ -5213,7 +5209,7 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::render(QPaintDevice *target, const QPoint &targetOffset,
     }
 
     const bool inRenderWithPainter = extra && extra->inRenderWithPainter;
-    QRegion paintRegion = !inRenderWithPainter && !readyToRender
+    QRegion paintRegion = !inRenderWithPainter
                           ? prepareToRender(sourceRegion, renderFlags)
                           : sourceRegion;
     if (paintRegion.isEmpty())
@@ -5272,23 +5268,12 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::render(QPaintDevice *target, const QPoint &targetOffset,
 
     flags |= DontSetCompositionMode;
 
-    if (target->devType() == QInternal::Printer) {
-        QPainter p(target);
-        render_helper(&p, targetOffset, paintRegion, renderFlags);
-        return;
-    }
-
-#ifndef Q_WS_MAC
     // Render via backingstore.
     drawWidget(target, paintRegion, offset, flags, sharedPainter());
 
     // Restore shared painter.
     if (oldSharedPainter)
         setSharedPainter(oldSharedPainter);
-#else
-    // Render via backingstore (no shared painter).
-    drawWidget(target, paintRegion, offset, flags, 0);
-#endif
 }
 
 void QWidgetPrivate::paintSiblingsRecursive(QPaintDevice *pdev, const QObjectList& siblings, int index, const QRegion &rgn,
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
index bdfc57f7c30..41e36ee6a50 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ public:
     void render_helper(QPainter *painter, const QPoint &targetOffset, const QRegion &sourceRegion,
                        QWidget::RenderFlags renderFlags);
     void render(QPaintDevice *target, const QPoint &targetOffset, const QRegion &sourceRegion,
-                QWidget::RenderFlags renderFlags, bool readyToRender);
+                QWidget::RenderFlags renderFlags);
     void drawWidget(QPaintDevice *pdev, const QRegion &rgn, const QPoint &offset, int flags,
                     QPainter *sharedPainter = 0, QWidgetBackingStore *backingStore = 0);