diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
index c02fb102247..61b7ecbde17 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
@@ -1864,8 +1864,6 @@ static constexpr QLatin1StringView nativeTempPath() noexcept
     QLatin1StringView temp = _PATH_TMP ""_L1;
     static_assert(_PATH_TMP[0] == '/', "_PATH_TMP needs to be absolute");
     static_assert(_PATH_TMP[1] != '\0', "Are you really sure _PATH_TMP should be the root dir??");
-    if (temp.endsWith(u'/'))
-        temp.chop(1);
     return temp;
 }
 
@@ -1875,12 +1873,17 @@ QString QFileSystemEngine::tempPath()
     return QT_UNIX_TEMP_PATH_OVERRIDE ""_L1;
 #else
     QString temp = qEnvironmentVariable("TMPDIR");
-#  if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) && !defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED)
-    if (NSString *nsPath; temp.isEmpty() && (nsPath = NSTemporaryDirectory()))
-        temp = QString::fromCFString((CFStringRef)nsPath);
-#  endif
-    if (temp.isEmpty())
-        return nativeTempPath();
+    if (temp.isEmpty()) {
+        if (false) {
+#if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) && !defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED)
+        } else if (NSString *nsPath = NSTemporaryDirectory()) {
+            temp = QString::fromCFString((CFStringRef)nsPath);
+#endif
+        } else {
+            constexpr auto nativeTemp = nativeTempPath();
+            temp = nativeTemp;
+        }
+    }
 
     // the environment variable may also end in '/'
     if (temp.size() > 1 && temp.endsWith(u'/'))