diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/linuxfb/qlinuxfbintegration.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/linuxfb/qlinuxfbintegration.cpp
index 361911d52ca..fdc04d37cd1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/linuxfb/qlinuxfbintegration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/linuxfb/qlinuxfbintegration.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;
 
 QLinuxFbIntegration::QLinuxFbIntegration(const QStringList &paramList)
     : m_primaryScreen(nullptr),
-      m_fontDb(new QGenericUnixFontDatabase),
-      m_kbdMgr(nullptr)
+      m_fontDb(new QGenericUnixFontDatabase)
 {
 #if QT_CONFIG(kms)
     if (qEnvironmentVariableIntValue("QT_QPA_FB_DRM") != 0)
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/linuxfb/qlinuxfbintegration.h b/src/plugins/platforms/linuxfb/qlinuxfbintegration.h
index 2a2b53ea3d6..5f727d866d5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/linuxfb/qlinuxfbintegration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/linuxfb/qlinuxfbintegration.h
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ private:
     mutable QScopedPointer<QPlatformServices> m_services;
     QScopedPointer<QFbVtHandler> m_vtHandler;
 
-    QEvdevKeyboardManager *m_kbdMgr;
+#if QT_CONFIG(evdev)
+    QEvdevKeyboardManager *m_kbdMgr = nullptr;
+#endif
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE