diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp
index 0bddf89b158..343ed70196f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp
@@ -992,8 +992,14 @@ int QEventDispatcherWin32::remainingTime(int timerId)
     quint64 currentTime = qt_msectime();
 
     for (const WinTimerInfo *t : qAsConst(d->timerVec)) {
-        if (t && t->timerId == timerId) // timer found, return time to wait
-            return t->timeout > currentTime ? t->timeout - currentTime : 0;
+        if (t && t->timerId == timerId) {
+            // timer found, return time to wait
+
+            if (d->internalHwnd)
+                return t->timeout > currentTime ? t->timeout - currentTime : 0;
+            else
+                return t->interval;
+        }
     }
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp
index cd78da725c1..3b10547dc4c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ private slots:
     void singleShotTimeout();
     void timeout();
     void remainingTime();
+    void remainingTimeInitial_data();
+    void remainingTimeInitial();
     void remainingTimeDuringActivation_data();
     void remainingTimeDuringActivation();
     void basic_chrono();
@@ -143,6 +145,33 @@ void tst_QTimer::remainingTime()
     QVERIFY2(remainingTime >= 50, qPrintable(QString::number(remainingTime)));
 }
 
+void tst_QTimer::remainingTimeInitial_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<int>("startTimeMs");
+    QTest::addColumn<Qt::TimerType>("timerType");
+
+    QTest::addRow("precise time 0ms") << 0 << Qt::PreciseTimer;
+    QTest::addRow("precise time 1ms") << 1 << Qt::PreciseTimer;
+    QTest::addRow("precise time 10ms") << 10 << Qt::PreciseTimer;
+
+    QTest::addRow("coarse time 0ms") << 0 << Qt::CoarseTimer;
+    QTest::addRow("coarse time 1ms") << 1 << Qt::CoarseTimer;
+    QTest::addRow("coarse time 10ms") << 10 << Qt::CoarseTimer;
+}
+
+void tst_QTimer::remainingTimeInitial()
+{
+    QFETCH(int, startTimeMs);
+    QFETCH(Qt::TimerType, timerType);
+
+    QTimer timer;
+    timer.setTimerType(timerType);
+    timer.start(startTimeMs);
+
+    const int rt = timer.remainingTime();
+    QVERIFY2(rt >= 0 && rt <= startTimeMs, qPrintable(QString::number(rt)));
+}
+
 void tst_QTimer::remainingTimeDuringActivation_data()
 {
     QTest::addColumn<bool>("singleShot");