diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qdebug.h b/src/corelib/io/qdebug.h
index 29da386c1b8..71ad610e19e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qdebug.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qdebug.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/qtextstream.h>
 #include <QtCore/qstring.h>
 #include <QtCore/qset.h>
+#include <QtCore/qvarlengtharray.h>
 #include <QtCore/qcontiguouscache.h>
 #include <QtCore/qsharedpointer.h>
 
@@ -249,6 +250,12 @@ inline QDebugIfHasDebugStream<T> operator<<(QDebug debug, const QList<T> &vec)
     return QtPrivate::printSequentialContainer(debug, "QList", vec);
 }
 
+template<typename T, qsizetype P>
+inline QDebugIfHasDebugStream<T> operator<<(QDebug debug, const QVarLengthArray<T, P> &vec)
+{
+    return QtPrivate::printSequentialContainer(debug, "QVarLengthArray", vec);
+}
+
 template <typename T, typename Alloc>
 inline QDebugIfHasDebugStream<T> operator<<(QDebug debug, const std::vector<T, Alloc> &vec)
 {
diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
index 78c615451e1..4ae75b5df57 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
@@ -1366,12 +1366,6 @@ size_t qHash(const QRhiVertexInputLayout &v, size_t seed) noexcept
 }
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM
-template<typename T, qsizetype N>
-QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const QVarLengthArray<T, N> &vla)
-{
-    return QtPrivate::printSequentialContainer(dbg, "VLA", vla);
-}
-
 QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const QRhiVertexInputLayout &v)
 {
     QDebugStateSaver saver(dbg);