diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_wasm_p.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_wasm_p.h
index cf718a151b5..7b257e02ad1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_wasm_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_wasm_p.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ public:
     void wakeUp() override;
 
     static void runOnMainThread(std::function<void(void)> fn);
-    static void runOnMainThreadAsync(std::function<void(void)> fn);
     static void socketSelect(int timeout, int socket, bool waitForRead, bool waitForWrite,
                             bool *selectForRead, bool *selectForWrite, bool *socketDisconnect);
 
@@ -98,6 +97,7 @@ private:
 
     static void run(std::function<void(void)> fn);
     static void runAsync(std::function<void(void)> fn);
+    static void runOnMainThreadAsync(std::function<void(void)> fn);
 
     static QEventDispatcherWasm *g_mainThreadEventDispatcher;
 
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplywasmimpl.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplywasmimpl.cpp
index eb3e50dec86..d8190434ccf 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplywasmimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplywasmimpl.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <QtCore/qcoreapplication.h>
 #include <QtCore/qfileinfo.h>
 #include <QtCore/qthread.h>
-#include <QtCore/private/qeventdispatcher_wasm_p.h>
 #include <QtCore/private/qoffsetstringarray_p.h>
 #include <QtCore/private/qtools_p.h>
 
@@ -296,10 +295,7 @@ void QNetworkReplyWasmImplPrivate::doSendRequest()
     QByteArray destinationPath = dPath.toUtf8();
     attr.destinationPath = destinationPath.constData();
 
-    auto url = request.url().toString().toUtf8();
-    QEventDispatcherWasm::runOnMainThread([attr, url]() mutable {
-        emscripten_fetch(&attr, url);
-    });
+    m_fetch = emscripten_fetch(&attr, request.url().toString().toUtf8());
     state = Working;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/wasm/tst_fetchapi.cpp b/tests/auto/wasm/tst_fetchapi.cpp
index d8d9a7971a7..3dcd8dd9165 100644
--- a/tests/auto/wasm/tst_fetchapi.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/wasm/tst_fetchapi.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ void tst_FetchApi::sendRequestOnMainThread()
 
 void tst_FetchApi::sendRequestOnBackgroundThread()
 {
+    QSKIP("Skip this test until we fix fetching from background threads.");
     QEventLoop mainEventLoop;
     BackgroundThread *backgroundThread = new BackgroundThread();
     connect(backgroundThread, &BackgroundThread::finished, &mainEventLoop, &QEventLoop::quit);