diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper.cpp
index 117f43db8fd..7029a0e0a3b 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper.cpp
@@ -513,9 +513,8 @@ static DestFetchProcFP destFetchProcFP[QImage::NImageFormats] =
 */
 static inline QRgb findNearestColor(QRgb color, QRasterBuffer *rbuf)
 {
-    QRgb color_0 = qPremultiply(rbuf->destColor0);
-    QRgb color_1 = qPremultiply(rbuf->destColor1);
-    color = qPremultiply(color);
+    const QRgb color_0 = rbuf->destColor0;
+    const QRgb color_1 = rbuf->destColor1;
 
     int r = qRed(color);
     int g = qGreen(color);