diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
index 03e6eb0593a..7d2d675f2ba 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
@@ -9209,7 +9209,7 @@ typedef QVarLengthArray<Part, ExpectedParts> ParseResult;
 typedef QVarLengthArray<int, ExpectedParts/2> ArgIndexToPlaceholderMap;
 
 template <typename StringView>
-static ParseResult parseMultiArgFormatString(StringView s)
+static ParseResult parseMultiArgFormatString_impl(StringView s)
 {
     ParseResult result;
 
@@ -9240,6 +9240,11 @@ static ParseResult parseMultiArgFormatString(StringView s)
     return result;
 }
 
+static ParseResult parseMultiArgFormatString(QAnyStringView s)
+{
+    return s.visit([] (auto s) { return parseMultiArgFormatString_impl(s); });
+}
+
 static ArgIndexToPlaceholderMap makeArgIndexToPlaceholderMap(const ParseResult &parts)
 {
     ArgIndexToPlaceholderMap result;
@@ -9285,8 +9290,7 @@ static qsizetype resolveStringRefsAndReturnTotalSize(ParseResult &parts, const A
 
 } // unnamed namespace
 
-template <typename StringView>
-static QString argToQStringImpl(StringView pattern, size_t numArgs, const QtPrivate::ArgBase **args)
+QString QtPrivate::argToQString(QAnyStringView pattern, size_t numArgs, const ArgBase **args)
 {
     // Step 1-2 above
     ParseResult parts = parseMultiArgFormatString(pattern);
@@ -9338,13 +9342,6 @@ static QString argToQStringImpl(StringView pattern, size_t numArgs, const QtPriv
     return result;
 }
 
-QString QtPrivate::argToQString(QAnyStringView pattern, size_t n, const ArgBase **args)
-{
-    return pattern.visit([n, args](auto pattern) {
-        return argToQStringImpl(pattern, n, args);
-    });
-}
-
 /*! \fn bool QString::isRightToLeft() const
 
     Returns \c true if the string is read right to left.