diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qcalendarwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qcalendarwidget.cpp
index 4946969360d..2ff383d9c70 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qcalendarwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qcalendarwidget.cpp
@@ -3063,19 +3063,22 @@ bool QCalendarWidget::eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
 {
     Q_D(QCalendarWidget);
     if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress && d->yearEdit->hasFocus()) {
+        // We can get filtered press events that were intended for Qt Virtual Keyboard's
+        // input panel (QQuickView), so we have to make sure that the window is indeed a QWidget - no static_cast.
+        // In addition, as we have a event filter on the whole application we first make sure that the top level widget
+        // of both this and the watched widget are the same to decide if we should finish the year edition.
         QWidget *tlw = window();
-        QWidget *widget = static_cast<QWidget*>(watched);
-        //as we have a event filter on the whole application we first make sure that the top level widget
-        //of both this and the watched widget are the same to decide if we should finish the year edition.
-        if (widget->window() == tlw) {
-            QPoint mousePos = widget->mapTo(tlw, static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(event)->pos());
-            QRect geom = QRect(d->yearEdit->mapTo(tlw, QPoint(0, 0)), d->yearEdit->size());
-            if (!geom.contains(mousePos)) {
-                event->accept();
-                d->_q_yearEditingFinished();
-                setFocus();
-                return true;
-            }
+        QWidget *widget = qobject_cast<QWidget *>(watched);
+        if (!widget || widget->window() != tlw)
+            return QWidget::eventFilter(watched, event);
+
+        QPoint mousePos = widget->mapTo(tlw, static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(event)->pos());
+        QRect geom = QRect(d->yearEdit->mapTo(tlw, QPoint(0, 0)), d->yearEdit->size());
+        if (!geom.contains(mousePos)) {
+            event->accept();
+            d->_q_yearEditingFinished();
+            setFocus();
+            return true;
         }
     }
     return QWidget::eventFilter(watched, event);