diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
index 77f41106017..95a1f9f52c2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ void QByteArray::reallocData(uint alloc, Data::ArrayOptions options)
         dd.data()[dd.size] = 0;
         d = dd;
     } else {
-        d.reallocate(alloc, options);
+        d->reallocate(alloc, options);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
index 5bd063ee42d..d327264218e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
@@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ void QString::reallocData(uint alloc, bool grow)
         dd.data()[dd.size] = 0;
         d = dd;
     } else {
-        d.reallocate(alloc, allocOptions);
+        d->reallocate(alloc, allocOptions);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydataops.h b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydataops.h
index 1d74f499938..33ad13c6b7f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydataops.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydataops.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ template <class T>
 struct QPodArrayOps
         : public QArrayDataPointer<T>
 {
+private:
+    typedef QTypedArrayData<T> Data;
+public:
     typedef typename QArrayDataPointer<T>::parameter_type parameter_type;
 
     void appendInitialize(size_t newSize)
@@ -228,6 +231,13 @@ struct QPodArrayOps
         }
         return true;
     }
+
+    void reallocate(qsizetype alloc, typename Data::ArrayOptions options)
+    {
+        auto pair = Data::reallocateUnaligned(this->d, this->ptr, alloc, options);
+        this->d = pair.first;
+        this->ptr = pair.second;
+    }
 };
 QT_WARNING_POP
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h
index a17cf4a1010..9bdbea2bde1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h
@@ -199,12 +199,6 @@ public:
     typename Data::ArrayOptions detachFlags() const noexcept { return d->detachFlags(); }
     typename Data::ArrayOptions cloneFlags() const noexcept { return d->cloneFlags(); }
 
-    void reallocate(uint alloc, typename Data::ArrayOptions options)
-    {
-        auto pair = Data::reallocateUnaligned(d, ptr, alloc, options);
-        d = pair.first;
-        ptr = pair.second;
-    }
     Data *d_ptr() { return d; }
 
 private: