diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qtextstream.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qtextstream.cpp
index 6373a500fa1..2b6aed5d21c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qtextstream.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qtextstream.cpp
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ QTextStream &QTextStream::operator<<(signed short i)
 {
     Q_D(QTextStream);
     CHECK_VALID_STREAM(*this);
-    d->putNumber((qulonglong)qAbs(qlonglong(i)), i < 0);
+    d->putNumber(QtPrivate::qUnsignedAbs(i), i < 0);
     return *this;
 }
 
@@ -2320,7 +2320,7 @@ QTextStream &QTextStream::operator<<(signed int i)
 {
     Q_D(QTextStream);
     CHECK_VALID_STREAM(*this);
-    d->putNumber((qulonglong)qAbs(qlonglong(i)), i < 0);
+    d->putNumber(QtPrivate::qUnsignedAbs(i), i < 0);
     return *this;
 }
 
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ QTextStream &QTextStream::operator<<(signed long i)
 {
     Q_D(QTextStream);
     CHECK_VALID_STREAM(*this);
-    d->putNumber((qulonglong)qAbs(qlonglong(i)), i < 0);
+    d->putNumber(QtPrivate::qUnsignedAbs(i), i < 0);
     return *this;
 }
 
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ QTextStream &QTextStream::operator<<(qlonglong i)
 {
     Q_D(QTextStream);
     CHECK_VALID_STREAM(*this);
-    d->putNumber((qulonglong)qAbs(i), i < 0);
+    d->putNumber(QtPrivate::qUnsignedAbs(i), i < 0);
     return *this;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/qtextstream/tst_qtextstream.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/qtextstream/tst_qtextstream.cpp
index 1fb69680291..e6108f361a9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/qtextstream/tst_qtextstream.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/qtextstream/tst_qtextstream.cpp
@@ -2278,6 +2278,7 @@ void tst_QTextStream::signedShort_write_operator_ToDevice_data()
     QTest::newRow("65535") << Q_UINT64_C(65535) << QByteArray("-1") << QByteArray("-1");
     QTest::newRow("65536") << Q_UINT64_C(65536) << QByteArray("0") << QByteArray("0");
     QTest::newRow("65537") << Q_UINT64_C(65537) << QByteArray("1") << QByteArray("1");
+    QTest::newRow("-32768") << quint64(-32768) << QByteArray("-32768") << QByteArray("-32,768");
 }
 IMPLEMENT_STREAM_LEFT_INT_OPERATOR_TEST(signedShort, signed short)
     ;
@@ -2324,6 +2325,7 @@ void tst_QTextStream::signedInt_write_operator_ToDevice_data()
     QTest::newRow("4294967295") << Q_UINT64_C(4294967295) << QByteArray("-1") << QByteArray("-1");
     QTest::newRow("4294967296") << Q_UINT64_C(4294967296) << QByteArray("0") << QByteArray("0");
     QTest::newRow("4294967297") << Q_UINT64_C(4294967297) << QByteArray("1") << QByteArray("1");
+    QTest::newRow("-2147483648") << quint64(-2147483648) << QByteArray("-2147483648") << QByteArray("-2,147,483,648");
 }
 IMPLEMENT_STREAM_LEFT_INT_OPERATOR_TEST(signedInt, signed int)
     ;
@@ -2380,6 +2382,7 @@ void tst_QTextStream::qlonglong_write_operator_ToDevice_data()
     QTest::newRow("9223372036854775808") << Q_UINT64_C(9223372036854775808) << QByteArray("-9223372036854775808") << QByteArray("-9,223,372,036,854,775,808");
     QTest::newRow("9223372036854775809") << Q_UINT64_C(9223372036854775809) << QByteArray("-9223372036854775807") << QByteArray("-9,223,372,036,854,775,807");
     QTest::newRow("18446744073709551615") << Q_UINT64_C(18446744073709551615) << QByteArray("-1") << QByteArray("-1");
+    QTest::newRow("-9223372036854775808") << quint64(Q_INT64_C(-9223372036854775807) - 1) << QByteArray("-9223372036854775808") << QByteArray("-9,223,372,036,854,775,808");
 }
 IMPLEMENT_STREAM_LEFT_INT_OPERATOR_TEST(qlonglong, qlonglong)
     ;