diff --git a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
index a04550350d2..dd9a13ff355 100644
--- a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
@@ -497,6 +497,11 @@ void QMessageAuthenticationCode::setKey(const QByteArray &key)
     setKey(qToByteArrayViewIgnoringNull(key));
 }
 
+void QMessageAuthenticationCode::addData(const QByteArray &data)
+{
+    addData(qToByteArrayViewIgnoringNull(data));
+}
+
 #include "qstring.h"
 
 qsizetype QString::toUcs4_helper(const ushort *uc, qsizetype length, uint *out)
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
index 9ee2860a27e..ac0ee44860e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
@@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ void QMessageAuthenticationCode::setKey(QByteArrayView key) noexcept
 }
 
 /*!
+    \overload
     Adds the first \a length chars of \a data to the message.
 */
 void QMessageAuthenticationCode::addData(const char *data, qsizetype length)
@@ -1363,9 +1364,13 @@ void QMessageAuthenticationCode::addData(const char *data, qsizetype length)
 }
 
 /*!
-    \overload addData()
+    Adds \a data to the message.
+
+    \include qcryptographichash.cpp {qba-to-qbav-6.6}
+
+    \sa resultView(), result()
 */
-void QMessageAuthenticationCode::addData(const QByteArray &data)
+void QMessageAuthenticationCode::addData(QByteArrayView data) noexcept
 {
     d->messageHash.addData(data);
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qmessageauthenticationcode.h b/src/corelib/tools/qmessageauthenticationcode.h
index a753f7045fe..4fd811f74b8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qmessageauthenticationcode.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qmessageauthenticationcode.h
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ public:
     void setKey(QByteArrayView key) noexcept;
 
     void addData(const char *data, qsizetype length);
+#if QT_CORE_REMOVED_SINCE(6, 6)
     void addData(const QByteArray &data);
+#endif
+    void addData(QByteArrayView data) noexcept;
     bool addData(QIODevice *device);
 
     QByteArrayView resultView() const noexcept;