diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext.mm b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext.mm
index 271f07e0c17..7fb22c06756 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext.mm
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext.mm
@@ -736,8 +736,7 @@ bool QCoreTextFontEngine::shouldSmoothFont() const
 
 bool QCoreTextFontEngine::expectsGammaCorrectedBlending() const
 {
-    // Only works well when font-smoothing is enabled
-    return (glyphFormat == Format_A32) && !(fontDef.styleStrategy & (QFont::NoAntialias | QFont::NoSubpixelAntialias));
+    return shouldSmoothFont();
 }
 
 QImage QCoreTextFontEngine::imageForGlyph(glyph_t glyph, QFixed subPixelPosition, const QTransform &matrix)