diff --git a/src/concurrent/qtconcurrentrunbase.h b/src/concurrent/qtconcurrentrunbase.h
index 48703621469..e21f6367009 100644
--- a/src/concurrent/qtconcurrentrunbase.h
+++ b/src/concurrent/qtconcurrentrunbase.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public:
         } else {
             promise.reportCanceled();
             promise.reportFinished();
+            delete this;
         }
         return theFuture;
     }
diff --git a/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/tst_qtconcurrentrun.cpp b/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/tst_qtconcurrentrun.cpp
index 0ff98c42f5b..ee137916523 100644
--- a/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/tst_qtconcurrentrun.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/tst_qtconcurrentrun.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ private slots:
     void customPromise();
     void nonDefaultConstructibleValue();
     void nullThreadPool();
+    void nullThreadPoolNoLeak();
 };
 
 void light()
@@ -1589,5 +1590,27 @@ void tst_QtConcurrentRun::nullThreadPool()
     QVERIFY(!isInvoked);
 }
 
+struct LifetimeChecker
+{
+    LifetimeChecker() { ++count; }
+    LifetimeChecker(const LifetimeChecker &) { ++count; }
+    ~LifetimeChecker() { --count; }
+
+    void operator()() { }
+
+    static std::atomic<int> count;
+};
+std::atomic<int> LifetimeChecker::count = 0;
+
+void tst_QtConcurrentRun::nullThreadPoolNoLeak()
+{
+    {
+        QThreadPool *pool = nullptr;
+        auto future = run(pool, LifetimeChecker());
+        future.waitForFinished();
+    }
+    QCOMPARE(LifetimeChecker::count, 0);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QtConcurrentRun)
 #include "tst_qtconcurrentrun.moc"