diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qmacstyle_mac.mm b/src/widgets/styles/qmacstyle_mac.mm
index 4bdd0a9bcbf..bb9230804cf 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qmacstyle_mac.mm
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qmacstyle_mac.mm
@@ -2707,15 +2707,15 @@ int QMacStyle::styleHint(StyleHint sh, const QStyleOption *opt, const QWidget *w
         ret = false;
         break;
     case SH_ScrollBar_Transient:
-        if (!qobject_cast<const QScrollBar*>(w)) {
-            ret = false;
-            break;
-        }
-        ret = QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion >= QSysInfo::MV_10_7;
+        if ((qobject_cast<const QScrollBar *>(w) && w->parent() &&
+                qobject_cast<QAbstractScrollArea*>(w->parent()->parent())) ||
+                (opt && QStyleHelper::hasAncestor(opt->styleObject, QAccessible::ScrollBar))) {
+            ret = QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion >= QSysInfo::MV_10_7;
 #if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7
-    if (QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion >= QSysInfo::MV_10_7)
-        ret &= [NSScroller preferredScrollerStyle] == NSScrollerStyleOverlay;
+            if (ret)
+                ret = [NSScroller preferredScrollerStyle] == NSScrollerStyleOverlay;
 #endif
+        }
         break;
     default:
         ret = QCommonStyle::styleHint(sh, opt, w, hret);