diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qcheckbox.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qcheckbox.cpp
index 5b44271d48a..98420352d79 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qcheckbox.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qcheckbox.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public:
     uint tristate : 1;
     uint noChange : 1;
     uint hovering : 1;
-    Qt::CheckState publishedState : 2;
+    Qt::CheckState publishedState : 3;
 
     void init();
 };
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qcheckbox/tst_qcheckbox.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qcheckbox/tst_qcheckbox.cpp
index 9055b139019..59d15c4f542 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qcheckbox/tst_qcheckbox.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qcheckbox/tst_qcheckbox.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ private slots:
     void initTestCase();
 
     void setChecked();
+    void setCheckedSignal();
     void setTriState();
     void setText_data();
     void setText();
@@ -59,6 +60,25 @@ void tst_QCheckBox::setChecked()
     QVERIFY(!testWidget.isChecked());
 }
 
+void tst_QCheckBox::setCheckedSignal()
+{
+    QCheckBox testWidget;
+    testWidget.setCheckState(Qt::Unchecked);
+    QSignalSpy checkStateChangedSpy(&testWidget, &QCheckBox::stateChanged);
+    testWidget.setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
+    testWidget.setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(checkStateChangedSpy.size(), 1);   // get signal only once
+    QCOMPARE(testWidget.checkState(), Qt::Checked);
+    testWidget.setCheckState(Qt::Unchecked);
+    testWidget.setCheckState(Qt::Unchecked);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(checkStateChangedSpy.size(), 2);   // get signal only once
+    QCOMPARE(testWidget.checkState(), Qt::Unchecked);
+    testWidget.setCheckState(Qt::PartiallyChecked);
+    testWidget.setCheckState(Qt::PartiallyChecked);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(checkStateChangedSpy.size(), 3);   // get signal only once
+    QCOMPARE(testWidget.checkState(), Qt::PartiallyChecked);
+}
+
 void tst_QCheckBox::setTriState()
 {
     QCheckBox testWidget;