diff --git a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsanchorlayout_p.cpp b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsanchorlayout_p.cpp
index 7b823b0cc18..174d95ad640 100644
--- a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsanchorlayout_p.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsanchorlayout_p.cpp
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void SequentialAnchorData::updateChildrenSizes()
     // "from" or "to", that _contains_ one of them.
     AnchorVertex *prev = from;
 
-    for (AnchorData *e : std::as_const(m_edges)) {
+    for (AnchorData *e : m_edges) {
         const bool edgeIsForward = (e->from == prev);
         if (edgeIsForward) {
             e->sizeAtMinimum = interpolate(minFactor, e->minSize, e->minPrefSize,
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ void SequentialAnchorData::calculateSizeHints()
 
     AnchorVertex *prev = from;
 
-    for (AnchorData *edge : std::as_const(m_edges)) {
+    for (AnchorData *edge : m_edges) {
         const bool edgeIsForward = (edge->from == prev);
         if (edgeIsForward) {
             minSize += edge->minSize;
diff --git a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsanchorlayout_p.h b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsanchorlayout_p.h
index 987d3847fda..96a408be380 100644
--- a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsanchorlayout_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsanchorlayout_p.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ struct SequentialAnchorData : public AnchorData
     void calculateSizeHints();
 
     QList<AnchorVertex *> m_children; // list of vertices in the sequence
-    QList<AnchorData *> m_edges; // keep the list of edges too.
+    const QList<AnchorData *> m_edges; // keep the list of edges too.
 };
 
 struct ParallelAnchorData : public AnchorData