diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
index 8a4072098cb..3be4873f4d6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
@@ -677,8 +677,7 @@ QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry,
     if (resolved_name) {
         data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
         data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
-        QString canonicalPath = QDir::cleanPath(QFile::decodeName(resolved_name));
-        return QFileSystemEntry(canonicalPath);
+        return QFileSystemEntry(resolved_name, QFileSystemEntry::FromNativePath{});
     } else if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) { // file doesn't exist
         data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
         data.entryFlags &= ~(QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute);