diff --git a/src/plugins/styles/mac/qmacstyle_mac.mm b/src/plugins/styles/mac/qmacstyle_mac.mm
index 1d88d2c647f..1ff1c22788d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/styles/mac/qmacstyle_mac.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/styles/mac/qmacstyle_mac.mm
@@ -5362,10 +5362,10 @@ void QMacStyle::drawComplexControl(ComplexControl cc, const QStyleOptionComplex
 
                     const CGRect barRect = [cell barRectFlipped:hasTicks];
                     if (drawBar) {
+                        [cell drawBarInside:barRect flipped:!verticalFlip];
                         // This ain't HIG kosher: force unfilled bar look.
                         if (hasDoubleTicks)
                             slider.numberOfTickMarks = numberOfTickMarks;
-                        [cell drawBarInside:barRect flipped:!verticalFlip];
                     }
 
                     if (hasTicks && drawTicks) {