diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
index ed525e3429b..622d494a067 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
@@ -5120,7 +5120,7 @@ void tst_QString::literals()
 
     QVERIFY(str.length() == 4);
     QVERIFY(str == QLatin1String("abcd"));
-    QVERIFY(str.data_ptr()->ref == -1);
+    QVERIFY(str.data_ptr()->ref.isStatic());
     QVERIFY(str.data_ptr()->offset == 0);
 
     const QChar *s = str.constData();