diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qgesturemanager.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qgesturemanager.cpp
index c93876c5005..edb159bbbfa 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qgesturemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qgesturemanager.cpp
@@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ void QGestureManager::deliverEvents(const QSet<QGesture *> &gestures,
                     QWidget *child = topLevel->childAt(topLevel->mapFromGlobal(pt));
                     target = child ? child : topLevel;
                 }
-            } else {
+            }
+            if (!target) {
                 // or use the context of the gesture
                 QObject *context = m_gestureOwners.value(gesture, 0);
                 if (context->isWidgetType())