diff --git a/src/platformsupport/devicediscovery/qdevicediscovery_static.cpp b/src/platformsupport/devicediscovery/qdevicediscovery_static.cpp
index 8b29c660acd..9b0e632e0c0 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/devicediscovery/qdevicediscovery_static.cpp
+++ b/src/platformsupport/devicediscovery/qdevicediscovery_static.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;
 
-Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(lcDD, "qt.qpa.input")
+Q_STATIC_LOGGING_CATEGORY(lcDD, "qt.qpa.input")
 
 QDeviceDiscovery *QDeviceDiscovery::create(QDeviceTypes types, QObject *parent)
 {