diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp
index 3297b51cfe6..9a52898716d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static QArrayData *allocateData(qsizetype allocSize)
     QArrayData *header = static_cast<QArrayData *>(::malloc(size_t(allocSize)));
     if (header) {
         header->ref_.storeRelaxed(1);
-        header->flags = 0;
+        header->flags = {};
         header->alloc = 0;
     }
     return header;
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.h b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.h
index 9f39c60f3c6..e4250cce476 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydata.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct QArrayData
     Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(ArrayOptions, ArrayOption)
 
     QBasicAtomicInt ref_;
-    uint flags;
+    ArrayOptions flags;
     qsizetype alloc;
 
     qsizetype allocatedCapacity() noexcept
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h
index af60a105fec..c984989ac83 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydatapointer.h
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public:
     bool isSharedWith(const QArrayDataPointer &other) const noexcept { return d && d == other.d; }
     bool needsDetach() const noexcept { return !d || d->needsDetach(); }
     qsizetype detachCapacity(qsizetype newSize) const noexcept { return d ? d->detachCapacity(newSize) : newSize; }
-    const typename Data::ArrayOptions flags() const noexcept { return d ? typename Data::ArrayOption(d->flags) : Data::ArrayOptionDefault; }
+    const typename Data::ArrayOptions flags() const noexcept { return d ? d->flags : Data::ArrayOptionDefault; }
     void setFlag(typename Data::ArrayOptions f) noexcept { Q_ASSERT(d); d->flags |= f; }
     void clearFlag(typename Data::ArrayOptions f) noexcept { if (d) d->flags &= ~f; }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/tst_qarraydata.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/tst_qarraydata.cpp
index 856aa4b20f1..81c75fffbc8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/tst_qarraydata.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/tst_qarraydata.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void tst_QArrayData::referenceCounting()
 {
     {
         // Reference counting initialized to 1 (owned)
-        QArrayData array = { Q_BASIC_ATOMIC_INITIALIZER(1), 0, 0 };
+        QArrayData array = { Q_BASIC_ATOMIC_INITIALIZER(1), {}, 0 };
 
         QCOMPARE(array.ref_.loadRelaxed(), 1);