diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit.cpp
index c66400f4231..41d9faa5c23 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit.cpp
@@ -1092,6 +1092,7 @@ void QDateTimeEdit::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event)
         d->setSelected(d->currentSectionIndex, true);
         event->ignore();
         emit editingFinished();
+        emit d->edit->returnPressed();
         return;
     default:
 #ifdef QT_KEYPAD_NAVIGATION