diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper.cpp
index 92d3ad8d821..6ba94cfb171 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper.cpp
@@ -3793,6 +3793,7 @@ static inline Operator getOperator(const QSpanData *data, const QT_FT_Span *span
     switch(data->type) {
     case QSpanData::Solid:
         solidSource = data->solidColor.alphaF() >= 1.0f;
+        op.noGradient = {};
         op.srcFetch = nullptr;
         op.srcFetch64 = nullptr;
         op.srcFetchFP = nullptr;
@@ -3821,6 +3822,7 @@ static inline Operator getOperator(const QSpanData *data, const QT_FT_Span *span
         break;
     case QSpanData::ConicalGradient:
         solidSource = !data->gradient.alphaColor;
+        op.noGradient = {}; // sic!
         op.srcFetch = qt_fetch_conical_gradient;
 #if QT_CONFIG(raster_64bit)
         op.srcFetch64 = qt_fetch_conical_gradient_rgb64;
@@ -3831,6 +3833,7 @@ static inline Operator getOperator(const QSpanData *data, const QT_FT_Span *span
         break;
     case QSpanData::Texture:
         solidSource = !data->texture.hasAlpha;
+        op.noGradient = {};
         op.srcFetch = getSourceFetch(getBlendType(data), data->texture.format);
 #if QT_CONFIG(raster_64bit)
         op.srcFetch64 = getSourceFetch64(getBlendType(data), data->texture.format);
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_p.h b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_p.h
index 7363bfff590..646a51020db 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_p.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <private/qsimd_p.h>
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <variant> // std::monostate
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ struct Operator
     CompositionFunctionFP funcFP;
 
     union {
+        std::monostate noGradient;
         LinearGradientValues linear;
         RadialGradientValues radial;
     };