diff --git a/src/testlib/qtestcoreelement_p.h b/src/testlib/qtestcoreelement_p.h
index a6a09aab529..a3d054349c7 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qtestcoreelement_p.h
+++ b/src/testlib/qtestcoreelement_p.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
 ** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
 **
 ** This file is part of the QtTest module of the Qt Toolkit.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ template <class ElementType>
 class QTestCoreElement
 {
     public:
-        QTestCoreElement( int type = -1 );
+        QTestCoreElement(QTest::LogElementType type = QTest::LET_Undefined);
         virtual ~QTestCoreElement();
 
         void addAttribute(const QTest::AttributeIndex index, const char *value);
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ class QTestCoreElement
 };
 
 template<class ElementType>
-QTestCoreElement<ElementType>::QTestCoreElement(int t)
-    : type(QTest::LogElementType(t))
+QTestCoreElement<ElementType>::QTestCoreElement(QTest::LogElementType t)
+    : type(t)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/testlib/qtestelement.cpp b/src/testlib/qtestelement.cpp
index e89accd82ca..9fcaa74187a 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qtestelement.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qtestelement.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
 ** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
 **
 ** This file is part of the QtTest module of the Qt Toolkit.
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-QTestElement::QTestElement(int type)
+QTestElement::QTestElement(QTest::LogElementType type)
     : QTestCoreElement<QTestElement>(type)
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/testlib/qtestelement_p.h b/src/testlib/qtestelement_p.h
index fe7bde68a01..8eae49d83d4 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qtestelement_p.h
+++ b/src/testlib/qtestelement_p.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
 ** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
 **
 ** This file is part of the QtTest module of the Qt Toolkit.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QTestElement : public QTestCoreElement<QTestElement>
 {
     public:
-        QTestElement(int type = -1);
+        QTestElement(QTest::LogElementType type = QTest::LET_Undefined);
         ~QTestElement();
 
         bool addChild(QTestElement *element);