diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.h
index a448b68d4bc..66688c393d1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ template <typename T> class QJniArray;
 template <typename T>
 struct QJniArrayIterator
 {
+    QJniArrayIterator() = default;
+
     constexpr QJniArrayIterator(const QJniArrayIterator &other) noexcept = default;
     constexpr QJniArrayIterator(QJniArrayIterator &&other) noexcept = default;
     constexpr QJniArrayIterator &operator=(const QJniArrayIterator &other) noexcept = default;
@@ -49,13 +51,13 @@ struct QJniArrayIterator
     }
 
 private:
-    friend class QJniArray<T>;
+    using VT = std::remove_const_t<T>;
+    friend class QJniArray<VT>;
 
     qsizetype m_index = 0;
-    const QJniArray<T> *m_array = nullptr;
+    const QJniArray<VT> *m_array = nullptr;
 
-    QJniArrayIterator() = delete;
-    QJniArrayIterator(qsizetype index, const QJniArray<T> *array)
+    QJniArrayIterator(qsizetype index, const QJniArray<VT> *array)
         : m_index(index), m_array(array)
     {}
 };
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ class QJniArray : public QJniArrayBase
     friend struct QJniArrayIterator<T>;
 public:
     using Type = T;
-    using const_iterator = const QJniArrayIterator<T>;
+    using const_iterator = QJniArrayIterator<const T>;
 
     QJniArray() = default;
     explicit QJniArray(jarray array) : QJniArrayBase(array) {}
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qjniarray/tst_qjniarray.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qjniarray/tst_qjniarray.cpp
index 3d2fb662418..fe41fae3ff6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qjniarray/tst_qjniarray.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qjniarray/tst_qjniarray.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public:
 
 private slots:
     void size();
+    void operators();
 };
 
 using namespace QtJniTypes;
@@ -85,6 +86,22 @@ void tst_QJniArray::size()
     QCOMPARE(intArray.size(), 10);
 }
 
+void tst_QJniArray::operators()
+{
+    QByteArray bytes("abcde");
+    QJniArray<jbyte> array(bytes);
+    QVERIFY(array.isValid());
+
+    {
+        QJniArray<jbyte>::const_iterator it = {};
+        QCOMPARE(it, QJniArray<jbyte>::const_iterator{});
+        QCOMPARE_NE(array.begin(), array.end());
+
+        it = array.begin();
+        QCOMPARE(it, array.begin());
+    }
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QJniArray)
 
 #include "tst_qjniarray.moc"