diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index 46e0d2c76c7..0af28e3cfd5 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -2725,8 +2725,10 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::inheritStyle()
     // to be running a proxy
     if (!qApp->styleSheet().isEmpty() || qt_styleSheet(parentStyle)) {
         QStyle *newStyle = parentStyle;
-        if (q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_SetStyle))
+        if (q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_SetStyle) && qt_styleSheet(origStyle) == nullptr)
             newStyle = new QStyleSheetStyle(origStyle);
+        else if (auto *styleSheetStyle = qt_styleSheet(origStyle))
+            newStyle = styleSheetStyle;
         else if (QStyleSheetStyle *newProxy = qt_styleSheet(parentStyle))
             newProxy->ref();