diff --git a/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index efda9df7d4b..e220d595174 100644
--- a/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateFeatureFile(
         }
 #ifdef QMAKE_BUILTIN_PRFS
         fn.prepend(QLatin1String(":/qmake/features/"));
-        if (QFileInfo(fn).exists())
+        if (QFileInfo::exists(fn))
             goto cool;
 #endif
         fn = QLatin1String(""); // Indicate failed lookup. See comment above.