diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpainterpath.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpainterpath.cpp
index b57bb0b13bb..536318b3a8b 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpainterpath.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpainterpath.cpp
@@ -517,10 +517,8 @@ QPainterPath::QPainterPath(const QPainterPath &other) = default;
 */
 
 QPainterPath::QPainterPath(const QPointF &startPoint)
-    : d_ptr(new QPainterPathPrivate)
+    : d_ptr(new QPainterPathPrivate(startPoint))
 {
-    Element e = { startPoint.x(), startPoint.y(), MoveToElement };
-    d_func()->elements << e;
 }
 
 void QPainterPath::detach()
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpainterpath_p.h b/src/gui/painting/qpainterpath_p.h
index 55164bc3477..a07b6cca37d 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpainterpath_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpainterpath_p.h
@@ -119,6 +119,21 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
+    QPainterPathPrivate(QPointF startPoint)
+        : QSharedData(),
+          elements{ { startPoint.x(), startPoint.y(), QPainterPath::MoveToElement } },
+          cStart(0),
+          fillRule(Qt::OddEvenFill),
+          bounds(startPoint, QSizeF(0, 0)),
+          controlBounds(startPoint, QSizeF(0, 0)),
+          require_moveTo(false),
+          dirtyBounds(false),
+          dirtyControlBounds(false),
+          convex(false),
+          pathConverter(nullptr)
+    {
+    }
+
     QPainterPathPrivate(const QPainterPathPrivate &other) noexcept
         : QSharedData(other),
           elements(other.elements),
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/painting/qpainterpath/tst_qpainterpath.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/painting/qpainterpath/tst_qpainterpath.cpp
index 20ee6e07c78..cb03d6cf469 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/painting/qpainterpath/tst_qpainterpath.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/painting/qpainterpath/tst_qpainterpath.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ private slots:
 
     void intersectionEquality();
     void intersectionPointOnEdge();
+
+    void boundsAtStartPoint();
 };
 
 void tst_QPainterPath::cleanupTestCase()
@@ -1442,6 +1444,32 @@ void tst_QPainterPath::intersectionPointOnEdge()
     QVERIFY(p.intersects(r));
 }
 
+void tst_QPainterPath::boundsAtStartPoint()
+{
+    const QPointF startPoint(10, 10);
+    const QPainterPath constructedPath(startPoint);
+    {
+        const auto boundingRect = constructedPath.boundingRect();
+        const auto topLeft = boundingRect.topLeft();
+        QCOMPARE(topLeft, startPoint);
+        QCOMPARE(topLeft, constructedPath.elementAt(0));
+        QCOMPARE(boundingRect, constructedPath.controlPointRect());
+    }
+
+    QPainterPath defaultPath;
+    defaultPath.moveTo(startPoint);
+    {
+        const auto boundingRect = defaultPath.boundingRect();
+        const auto topLeft = boundingRect.topLeft();
+        QCOMPARE(topLeft, startPoint);
+        QCOMPARE(topLeft, defaultPath.elementAt(0));
+        QCOMPARE(boundingRect, defaultPath.controlPointRect());
+    }
+
+    QCOMPARE(constructedPath.boundingRect(), defaultPath.boundingRect());
+    QCOMPARE(constructedPath.controlPointRect(), defaultPath.controlPointRect());
+}
+
 QTEST_APPLESS_MAIN(tst_QPainterPath)
 
 #include "tst_qpainterpath.moc"