diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h
index 2700b5c0807..b5e155c01e4 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     inline QAccessibleEvent(QAccessibleInterface *iface, QAccessible::Event typ)
-        : m_type(typ), m_object(nullptr)
+        : m_type(typ)
     {
         Q_ASSERT(iface);
         Q_ASSERT(m_type != QAccessible::ValueChanged);
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ public:
         Q_ASSERT(m_type != QAccessible::TextUpdated);
         Q_ASSERT(m_type != QAccessible::TableModelChanged);
         m_uniqueId = QAccessible::uniqueId(iface);
+        m_object = iface->object();
     }
 
     virtual ~QAccessibleEvent();
diff --git a/tests/auto/other/qaccessibility/tst_qaccessibility.cpp b/tests/auto/other/qaccessibility/tst_qaccessibility.cpp
index 89ef57e29b3..8479985c0e8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/other/qaccessibility/tst_qaccessibility.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/other/qaccessibility/tst_qaccessibility.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ public slots:
     void cleanup();
 private slots:
     void eventTest();
+    void eventWithChildTest();
     void customWidget();
     void deletedWidget();
     void subclassedWidget();
@@ -353,6 +354,33 @@ void tst_QAccessibility::eventTest()
     QTestAccessibility::clearEvents();
 }
 
+void tst_QAccessibility::eventWithChildTest()
+{
+    // make sure that QAccessibleEvent created using either of the two QAccessibleEvent
+    // behaves the same when the same underlying QObject is used
+    QWidget widget;
+    QWidget childWidget(&widget);
+
+    // QAccessibleEvent constructor called with the QObject*
+    QAccessibleEvent event1(&widget, QAccessible::Focus);
+
+    // QAccessibleEvent constructor called with the QAccessibleInterface* for the same QObject*
+    QAccessibleInterface *iface = QAccessible::queryAccessibleInterface(&widget);
+    QAccessibleEvent event2(iface, QAccessible::Focus);
+
+    QVERIFY(event1.accessibleInterface() != nullptr);
+    QVERIFY(event2.accessibleInterface() != nullptr);
+    QCOMPARE(event1.accessibleInterface(), event2.accessibleInterface());
+
+    // set same child for both
+    event1.setChild(0);
+    event2.setChild(0);
+
+    QVERIFY(event1.accessibleInterface() != nullptr);
+    QVERIFY(event2.accessibleInterface() != nullptr);
+    QCOMPARE(event1.accessibleInterface(), event2.accessibleInterface());
+}
+
 void tst_QAccessibility::customWidget()
 {
     {