diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qcomparehelpers.h b/src/corelib/global/qcomparehelpers.h
index 9b4fc435134..6207af1e9dd 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qcomparehelpers.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qcomparehelpers.h
@@ -1191,6 +1191,9 @@ class QTypeInfo<Qt::totally_ordered_wrapper<P>> : public QTypeInfo<P> {};
 
 namespace QtOrderingPrivate {
 
+QT_WARNING_PUSH
+QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED // don't warn _here_ in case we hit the deprecated ptr/ptr overloads
+
 namespace CompareThreeWayTester {
 
 using Qt::compareThreeWay;
@@ -1237,6 +1240,8 @@ constexpr bool compareThreeWayNoexcept() noexcept
 
 } // namespace CompareThreeWayTester
 
+QT_WARNING_POP // QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+
 #ifdef __cpp_lib_three_way_comparison
 [[maybe_unused]] inline constexpr struct { /* Niebloid */
     template <typename LT, typename RT = LT>