diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp
index 249bd11db19..ad097ce543b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp
@@ -896,6 +896,10 @@ QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const QBitArray &ba)
 {
     const qsizetype len = ba.size();
     if (out.version() < QDataStream::Qt_6_0) {
+        if (Q_UNLIKELY(len > qsizetype{(std::numeric_limits<qint32>::max)()})) {
+            out.setStatus(QDataStream::WriteFailed); // ### SizeLimitExceeded
+            return out;
+        }
         out << quint32(len);
     } else {
         out << quint64(len);
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qbitarray/tst_qbitarray.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qbitarray/tst_qbitarray.cpp
index 7f33c6060bf..21e64246516 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qbitarray/tst_qbitarray.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qbitarray/tst_qbitarray.cpp
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ void tst_QBitArray::canHandleIntMaxBits()
     });
 
     try {
-        constexpr int Size1 = INT_MAX - 2;
-        constexpr int Size2 = Size1 + 2;
+        constexpr qsizetype Size1 = sizeof(void*) > sizeof(int) ? qsizetype(INT_MAX) + 2 :
+                                                                  INT_MAX - 2;
+        constexpr qsizetype Size2 = Size1 + 2;
 
         QBitArray ba(Size1, true);
         QCOMPARE(ba.size(), Size1);
@@ -108,6 +109,13 @@ void tst_QBitArray::canHandleIntMaxBits()
         QCOMPARE(ba.at(Size2 - 1), false);
 
         QByteArray serialized;
+        if constexpr (sizeof(void*) > sizeof(int)) {
+            QDataStream ds(&serialized, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+            ds.setVersion(QDataStream::Qt_5_15);
+            ds << ba;
+            QCOMPARE(ds.status(), QDataStream::Status::WriteFailed); // ### SizeLimitExceeded
+            serialized.clear();
+        }
         {
             QDataStream ds(&serialized, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
             ds << ba;