diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/linux/atspiadaptor.cpp b/src/gui/accessible/linux/atspiadaptor.cpp
index a9194a434fb..f2bcb5967c5 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/linux/atspiadaptor.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/linux/atspiadaptor.cpp
@@ -890,11 +890,10 @@ void AtSpiAdaptor::windowActivated(QObject* window, bool active)
     sendDBusSignal(path, ATSPI_DBUS_INTERFACE_EVENT_OBJECT ""_L1, "StateChanged"_L1, stateArgs);
 }
 
-QVariantList AtSpiAdaptor::packDBusSignalArguments(const QString &type, int data1, int data2, const QVariant &variantData) const
+QVariantList AtSpiAdaptor::packDBusSignalArguments(const QString &type, int data1, int data2, const QVariant &variantData)
 {
     QVariantList arguments;
-    arguments << type << data1 << data2 << variantData
-              << QVariant::fromValue(QSpiObjectReference(m_dbus->connection(), QDBusObjectPath(QSPI_OBJECT_PATH_ROOT)));
+    arguments << type << data1 << data2 << variantData << QMap<QString, QVariant>();
     return arguments;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/linux/atspiadaptor_p.h b/src/gui/accessible/linux/atspiadaptor_p.h
index fe7f6c477c2..4e5beebf22a 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/linux/atspiadaptor_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/linux/atspiadaptor_p.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ private:
     void setBitFlag(const QString &flag);
 
     // sending messages
-    QVariantList packDBusSignalArguments(const QString &type, int data1, int data2, const QVariant &variantData) const;
+    static QVariantList packDBusSignalArguments(const QString &type, int data1, int data2, const QVariant &variantData);
     bool sendDBusSignal(const QString &path, const QString &interface, const QString &name, const QVariantList &arguments) const;
     QVariant variantForPath(const QString &path) const;