diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstringview/tst_qstringview.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstringview/tst_qstringview.cpp
index 5adb8d52130..4d691674423 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstringview/tst_qstringview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstringview/tst_qstringview.cpp
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ void tst_QStringView::arg() const
 {
     // nullness checks
     QCOMPARE(QStringView().arg(QStringView()), "");
-    QCOMPARE(QStringView("%1").arg(QStringView()), "");
+    QCOMPARE(QStringView(u"%1").arg(QStringView()), "");
 
 #define CHECK1(pattern, arg1, expected) \
     do { \