diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/qwaylandinputdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/qwaylandinputdevice.cpp
index c552988de40..988e37e3085 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/qwaylandinputdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/qwaylandinputdevice.cpp
@@ -1341,8 +1341,7 @@ void QWaylandInputDevice::Keyboard::keyboard_key(uint32_t serial, uint32_t time,
         auto code = key + 8; // map to wl_keyboard::keymap_format::keymap_format_xkb_v1
 
         xkb_keysym_t sym = xkb_state_key_get_one_sym(mXkbState.get(), code);
-
-        Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers = mParent->modifiers();
+        Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers = QXkbCommon::modifiers(mXkbState.get(), sym);
 
         int qtkey = keysymToQtKey(sym, modifiers, mXkbState.get(), code);
         QString text = QXkbCommon::lookupString(mXkbState.get(), code);