diff --git a/src/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation.cpp b/src/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation.cpp
index eb1e6c3c81b..344b21946e3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation.cpp
@@ -94,11 +94,10 @@ void QPauseAnimation::setDuration(int msecs)
     }
     Q_D(QPauseAnimation);
 
-    if (msecs != d->duration) {
-        d->duration = msecs;
+    d->duration.removeBindingUnlessInWrapper();
+    if (msecs != d->duration.valueBypassingBindings()) {
+        d->duration.setValueBypassingBindings(msecs);
         d->duration.notify();
-    } else {
-        d->duration.removeBindingUnlessInWrapper();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation/CMakeLists.txt
index a6ec4bffade..cc8a7ac6adc 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ qt_internal_add_test(tst_qpauseanimation
         tst_qpauseanimation.cpp
     LIBRARIES
         Qt::CorePrivate
+        Qt::TestPrivate
 )
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation/tst_qpauseanimation.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation/tst_qpauseanimation.cpp
index 53c80ef71f4..90357ef4776 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation/tst_qpauseanimation.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpauseanimation/tst_qpauseanimation.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
 
 #include <QTest>
+#include <QtTest/private/qpropertytesthelper_p.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/qpauseanimation.h>
 #include <QtCore/qpropertyanimation.h>
@@ -456,6 +457,12 @@ void tst_QPauseAnimation::bindings()
                          "QPauseAnimation::setDuration: cannot set a negative duration");
     animation.setDuration(-1);
     QCOMPARE(durationObserver, 46);
+
+    QTestPrivate::testReadWritePropertyBasics(animation, 10, 20, "duration");
+    if (QTest::currentTestFailed()) {
+        qDebug("Failed property test for QPauseAnimation::duration");
+        return;
+    }
 }
 
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QPauseAnimation)