diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp
index 363662585d3..edce3f3eeb2 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp
@@ -4870,11 +4870,15 @@ void QStyleSheetStyle::drawPrimitive(PrimitiveElement pe, const QStyleOption *op
         // only indirectly through the background of the item. To get the
         // same background for all parts drawn by QTreeView, we have to
         // use the background rule for the item here.
-        if (renderRule(w, opt, PseudoElement_ViewItem).hasBackground()) {
-            pseudoElement = PseudoElement_ViewItem;
-            // Skip border for the branch and draw only the brackground
-            if (const QStyleOptionViewItem *vopt = qstyleoption_cast<const QStyleOptionViewItem *>(opt)) {
-                QRenderRule rule = renderRule(w, opt, PseudoElement_ViewItem);
+        if (const QStyleOptionViewItem *vopt = qstyleoption_cast<const QStyleOptionViewItem *>(opt)) {
+            // default handling for drawing empty space
+            if (vopt->viewItemPosition == QStyleOptionViewItem::Invalid)
+                break;
+            if (QRenderRule rule = renderRule(w, opt, PseudoElement_ViewItem); rule.hasBackground()) {
+                // if the item background is not fully opaque, then we have to paint the row
+                if (rule.background()->brush.color().alpha() != 1.0)
+                    baseStyle()->drawPrimitive(pe, opt, p, w);
+                // Skip border for the branch and draw only the brackground
                 if (vopt->features & QStyleOptionViewItem::HasDecoration &&
                     (vopt->viewItemPosition == QStyleOptionViewItem::Beginning ||
                      vopt->viewItemPosition == QStyleOptionViewItem::OnlyOne) && rule.hasBorder()) {
@@ -4886,6 +4890,7 @@ void QStyleSheetStyle::drawPrimitive(PrimitiveElement pe, const QStyleOption *op
                     }
                     return;
                 }
+                pseudoElement = PseudoElement_ViewItem;
             }
         }
         break;
diff --git a/tests/baseline/stylesheet/qss/qtreeview/transparentItemBackgroundOnAlternating.qss b/tests/baseline/stylesheet/qss/qtreeview/transparentItemBackgroundOnAlternating.qss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d78be3af800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baseline/stylesheet/qss/qtreeview/transparentItemBackgroundOnAlternating.qss
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+QTreeView {
+  qproperty-alternatingRowColors: true;
+  alternate-background-color: fuchsia;
+  background-color: orange;
+}
+
+QTreeView::item {
+  background-color: "#A00000FF";
+  color: #3C3C3C;
+  padding: 2px;
+}