diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qvarlengtharray.h b/src/corelib/tools/qvarlengtharray.h
index bd38e2dcc14..9fa8990dbbd 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qvarlengtharray.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qvarlengtharray.h
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ public:
     template <typename Predicate>
     qsizetype removeIf(Predicate pred);
 
+    void clear()
+    {
+        if constexpr (QTypeInfo<T>::isComplex)
+            std::destroy_n(data(), size());
+        s = 0;
+    }
+
     iterator erase(const_iterator begin, const_iterator end);
     iterator erase(const_iterator pos) { return erase(pos, pos + 1); }
 
@@ -400,7 +407,10 @@ public:
 #endif
     void resize(qsizetype sz, const T &v)
     { Base::resize_impl(Prealloc, this->array, sz, v); }
+    using Base::clear;
+#ifdef Q_QDOC
     inline void clear() { resize(0); }
+#endif
     void squeeze() { reallocate(size(), size()); }
 
     using Base::capacity;