diff --git a/cmake/QtConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/QtConfig.cmake.in
index 959fbda4268..f4107dc5005 100644
--- a/cmake/QtConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/QtConfig.cmake.in
@@ -155,7 +155,15 @@ foreach(module ${__qt_umbrella_find_components})
 
     _qt_internal_save_find_package_context_for_debugging(@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@${module})
 
-    if(NOT @INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@${module}_FOUND)
+    if(@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@${module}_FOUND)
+        get_target_property(__qt_${module}_is_private @INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@::${module}
+            _qt_is_private_module
+        )
+        if(__qt_${module}_is_private)
+            _qt_internal_show_private_module_warning(${module})
+        endif()
+        unset(__qt_${module}_is_private)
+    else()
         find_package(@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@${module}
             ${@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@_FIND_VERSION}
             ${_@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@_FIND_PARTS_QUIET}
diff --git a/cmake/QtModuleConfigPrivate.cmake.in b/cmake/QtModuleConfigPrivate.cmake.in
index 31bf64a4783..6c16eae2ef6 100644
--- a/cmake/QtModuleConfigPrivate.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/QtModuleConfigPrivate.cmake.in
@@ -20,18 +20,8 @@ if(NOT DEFINED "@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@@target_private@_FOUND")
     set("@INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@@target_private@_FOUND" TRUE)
 endif()
 
-if(NOT __qt_@target@_always_load_private_module
-        AND NOT DEFINED QT_REPO_MODULE_VERSION
-        AND NOT QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING
-        AND NOT __qt_private_module_@target_private@_warning_shown)
-    message(WARNING
-        "This project is using headers of the @target_private@ module and will therefore be tied "
-        "to this specific Qt module build version. "
-        "Running this project against other versions of the Qt modules may crash at any arbitrary "
-        "point. This is not a bug, but a result of using Qt internals. You have been warned! "
-        "\nYou can disable this warning by setting QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING to ON."
-    )
-    set(__qt_private_module_@target_private@_warning_shown TRUE)
+if(NOT __qt_@target@_always_load_private_module)
+    _qt_internal_show_private_module_warning(@target_private@)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT QT_NO_CREATE_TARGETS AND @INSTALL_CMAKE_NAMESPACE@@target_private@_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicDependencyHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicDependencyHelpers.cmake
index 8e00afe4280..eaf81faf503 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPublicDependencyHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicDependencyHelpers.cmake
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ endmacro()
 # contain preformed dependencies. See foreach block for reference.
 # The same applies for find_dependency_path_list.
 macro(_qt_internal_find_qt_dependencies target target_dep_list find_dependency_path_list)
+    set(__qt_${target}_find_qt_dependencies_save_QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING
+        ${QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING}
+    )
+    set(QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING ON)
+
     foreach(__qt_${target}_target_dep IN LISTS ${target_dep_list})
         list(GET __qt_${target}_target_dep 0 __qt_${target}_pkg)
         list(GET __qt_${target}_target_dep 1 __qt_${target}_version)
@@ -146,6 +151,11 @@ macro(_qt_internal_find_qt_dependencies target target_dep_list find_dependency_p
             endif()
         endif()
     endforeach()
+
+    set(QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING
+        ${__qt_${target}_find_qt_dependencies_save_QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING}
+    )
+    unset(__qt_${target}_find_qt_dependencies_save_QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING)
 endmacro()
 
 # If a dependency package was not found, provide some hints in the error message on how to debug
@@ -312,3 +322,23 @@ macro(_qt_internal_setup_qt_host_path
         endif()
     endif()
 endmacro()
+
+function(_qt_internal_show_private_module_warning module)
+    if(DEFINED QT_REPO_MODULE_VERSION OR QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    get_cmake_property(warning_shown __qt_private_module_${module}_warning_shown)
+    if(warning_shown)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    message(WARNING
+        "This project is using headers of the ${module} module and will therefore be tied "
+        "to this specific Qt module build version. "
+        "Running this project against other versions of the Qt modules may crash at any arbitrary "
+        "point. This is not a bug, but a result of using Qt internals. You have been warned! "
+        "\nYou can disable this warning by setting QT_NO_PRIVATE_MODULE_WARNING to ON."
+    )
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY __qt_private_module_${module}_warning_shown TRUE)
+endfunction()