diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_win.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_win.cpp
index ce482c1977a..550f7dd4644 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_win.cpp
@@ -482,11 +482,13 @@ QVariant QSystemLocalePrivate::toString(QTime time, QLocale::FormatType type)
 
     DWORD flags = 0;
     // keep the same conditional as timeFormat() above
-    if (type == QLocale::ShortFormat)
-        flags = TIME_NOSECONDS;
+    const QString format = type == QLocale::ShortFormat
+        ? getLocaleInfo(LOCALE_SSHORTTIME).toString()
+        : QString();
+    auto formatStr = reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(format.isEmpty() ? nullptr : format.utf16());
 
     wchar_t buf[255];
-    if (getTimeFormat(flags, &st, NULL, buf, 255)) {
+    if (getTimeFormat(flags, &st, formatStr, buf, int(std::size(buf)))) {
         QString text = QString::fromWCharArray(buf);
         if (substitution() == SAlways)
             text = substituteDigits(std::move(text));
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
index 52be69e30a3..7a71947c17b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ void tst_QLocale::windowsDefaultLocale()
              locale.toString(QDate(1974, 12, 1), QLocale::ShortFormat));
     QCOMPARE(locale.toString(QDate(1974, 12, 1), QLocale::LongFormat),
              QStringView(u"\u3021@\u3021\u3022@\u3021\u3029\u3027\u3024"));
-    const QString expectedFormattedShortTime = QStringView(u"\u3021^\u3022").toString();
+    const QString expectedFormattedShortTime = QStringView(u"\u3021^\u3022^\u3023").toString();
     QCOMPARE(locale.toString(QTime(1,2,3), QLocale::ShortFormat), expectedFormattedShortTime);
     QCOMPARE(locale.toString(QTime(1,2,3), QLocale::NarrowFormat),
              locale.toString(QTime(1,2,3), QLocale::ShortFormat));