diff --git a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
index 9a577455a60..4ffc06c5134 100644
--- a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
@@ -922,13 +922,14 @@ bool QGraphicsProxyWidget::event(QEvent *event)
     case QEvent::TouchBegin:
     case QEvent::TouchUpdate:
     case QEvent::TouchEnd: {
-        QTouchEvent *touchEvent = static_cast<QTouchEvent *>(event);
-        auto touchPoints = touchEvent->points();
-        bool res = QApplicationPrivate::translateRawTouchEvent(d->widget, touchEvent);
-        if (res) {
-            event->accept();
+        if (event->spontaneous())
+            qt_sendSpontaneousEvent(d->widget, event);
+        else
+            QCoreApplication::sendEvent(d->widget, event);
+
+        if (event->isAccepted())
             return true;
-        }
+
         break;
     }
     default:
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index 6dba04d284b..4c704f39468 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -4020,9 +4020,7 @@ bool QApplicationPrivate::translateRawTouchEvent(QWidget *window, const QTouchEv
         {
             // if the TouchBegin handler recurses, we assume that means the event
             // has been implicitly accepted and continue to send touch events
-            bool res = te->spontaneous() ? QApplication::sendSpontaneousEvent(widget, &touchEvent)
-                                         : QApplication::sendEvent(widget, &touchEvent);
-            if (res && touchEvent.isAccepted()) {
+            if (QApplication::sendSpontaneousEvent(widget, &touchEvent) && touchEvent.isAccepted()) {
                 accepted = true;
                 if (!widget.isNull())
                     widget->setAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_AcceptedTouchBeginEvent);
@@ -4035,9 +4033,7 @@ bool QApplicationPrivate::translateRawTouchEvent(QWidget *window, const QTouchEv
                 || QGestureManager::gesturePending(widget)
 #endif
                 ) {
-                bool res = te->spontaneous() ? QApplication::sendSpontaneousEvent(widget, &touchEvent)
-                                             : QApplication::sendEvent(widget, &touchEvent);
-                if (res && touchEvent.isAccepted())
+                if (QApplication::sendSpontaneousEvent(widget, &touchEvent) && touchEvent.isAccepted())
                     accepted = true;
                 // widget can be deleted on TouchEnd
                 if (touchEvent.type() == QEvent::TouchEnd && !widget.isNull())
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
index 4bd0dd0a8cc..a2c7a6bf4bd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
@@ -3782,8 +3782,6 @@ void tst_QGraphicsProxyWidget::wheelEventPropagation()
 // QTBUG_45737
 void tst_QGraphicsProxyWidget::forwardTouchEvent()
 {
-    QSKIP("Test is currently broken");
-
     QGraphicsScene scene;
 
     TouchWidget *widget = new TouchWidget;
@@ -3931,6 +3929,7 @@ void tst_QGraphicsProxyWidget::touchEventPropagation()
         sequence.press(0, pushButton1->pos() + pb1Center + formProxy->pos().toPoint());
     }
     // ..., formProxy, pushButton1, formWidget
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("", "Touch events are not forwarded to children - QTBUG-67819", Abort);
     QCOMPARE(eventSpy.count(), 6);
     record = eventSpy.at(eventSpy.count() - 2);
     QCOMPARE(record.receiver, pushButton1);