diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qabstractscrollarea.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qabstractscrollarea.cpp
index 3a06860e364..2ad9f88e6b7 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qabstractscrollarea.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qabstractscrollarea.cpp
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ void QAbstractScrollAreaPrivate::replaceScrollBar(QScrollBar *scrollBar,
     scrollBar->setOrientation(oldBar->orientation());
     scrollBar->setPageStep(oldBar->pageStep());
     scrollBar->setSingleStep(oldBar->singleStep());
+    scrollBar->d_func()->viewMayChangeSingleStep = oldBar->d_func()->viewMayChangeSingleStep;
     scrollBar->setSliderDown(oldBar->isSliderDown());
     scrollBar->setSliderPosition(oldBar->sliderPosition());
     scrollBar->setTracking(oldBar->hasTracking());