diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsscreen.h b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsscreen.h
index 6c638842fea..0635f172ad8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsscreen.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsscreen.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ private:
 
 class QWindowsScreenManager
 {
+    Q_DISABLE_COPY_MOVE(QWindowsScreenManager)
 public:
     using WindowsScreenList = QList<QWindowsScreen *>;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowstheme.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowstheme.cpp
index 0f377d1241a..eff177b16fd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowstheme.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowstheme.cpp
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ void QWindowsTheme::refreshFonts()
     if (!QGuiApplication::desktopSettingsAware())
         return;
     NONCLIENTMETRICS ncm;
-    auto screenManager = QWindowsContext::instance()->screenManager();
+    auto &screenManager = QWindowsContext::instance()->screenManager();
     QWindowsContext::nonClientMetricsForScreen(&ncm, screenManager.screens().value(0));
     qCDebug(lcQpaWindows) << __FUNCTION__ << ncm;
     const QFont menuFont = QWindowsFontDatabase::LOGFONT_to_QFont(ncm.lfMenuFont);
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp
index 5a4cdf31ad1..93519dc7302 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ QMargins QWindowsGeometryHint::frame(const QWindow *w, HWND hwnd, DWORD style, D
         return {};
     if (QWindowsScreenManager::isSingleScreen())
         return frameOnPrimaryScreen(w, style, exStyle);
-    auto screenManager = QWindowsContext::instance()->screenManager();
+    auto &screenManager = QWindowsContext::instance()->screenManager();
     auto screen = screenManager.screenForHwnd(hwnd);
     if (!screen)
         screen = screenManager.screens().value(0);
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ QMargins QWindowsGeometryHint::frame(const QWindow *w, const QRect &geometry,
         return frameOnPrimaryScreen(w, style, exStyle);
     }
     qreal dpi = 96;
-    auto screenManager = QWindowsContext::instance()->screenManager();
+    auto &screenManager = QWindowsContext::instance()->screenManager();
     auto screen = screenManager.screenAtDp(geometry.center());
     if (!screen)
         screen = screenManager.screens().value(0);