diff --git a/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache.cpp b/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache.cpp
index 6cc5fd28a3c..e6b1f5ea385 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache.cpp
@@ -218,10 +218,15 @@ QT_BEGIN_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE
 #include "qpixmapcache.moc"
 QT_END_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE
 
-size_t qHash(const QPixmapCache::Key &k, size_t seed)
+/*!
+    size_t QPixmapCache::qHash(const Key &key, size_t seed = 0);
+    \since 6.6
+
+    Returns the hash value for the \a key, using \a seed to seed the calculation.
+*/
+size_t QPixmapCache::Key::hash(size_t seed) const noexcept
 {
-    const auto *keyData = QPMCache::get(k);
-    return qHash(keyData ? keyData->key : 0, seed);
+    return qHash(this->d ? this->d->key : 0, seed);
 }
 
 QPMCache::QPMCache()
diff --git a/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache.h b/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache.h
index 55aad6503f3..72ee1b797fa 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache.h
+++ b/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ public:
         bool isValid() const noexcept;
 
     private:
+        friend size_t qHash(const QPixmapCache::Key &k, size_t seed = 0) noexcept
+        { return k.hash(seed); }
+        size_t hash(size_t seed) const noexcept;
+
         KeyData *d;
         friend class QPMCache;
         friend class QPixmapCache;
diff --git a/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache_p.h b/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache_p.h
index 6418296f561..38a28281b43 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/image/qpixmapcache_p.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-size_t qHash(const QPixmapCache::Key &k, size_t seed = 0);
-
 class QPixmapCache::KeyData
 {
 public: