diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser.cpp
index 2ef40e5639e..7715df90ce5 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser.cpp
@@ -413,17 +413,17 @@ static const QTextHtmlElement elements[Html_NumElements]= {
     { "var",        Html_var,        QTextHtmlElement::DisplayInline },
 };
 
-static bool operator<(const QString &str, const QTextHtmlElement &e)
+static bool operator<(QStringView str, const QTextHtmlElement &e)
 {
     return str < QLatin1StringView(e.name);
 }
 
-static bool operator<(const QTextHtmlElement &e, const QString &str)
+static bool operator<(const QTextHtmlElement &e, QStringView str)
 {
     return QLatin1StringView(e.name) < str;
 }
 
-static const QTextHtmlElement *lookupElementHelper(const QString &element)
+static const QTextHtmlElement *lookupElementHelper(QStringView element)
 {
     const QTextHtmlElement *start = &elements[0];
     const QTextHtmlElement *end = &elements[Html_NumElements];
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static const QTextHtmlElement *lookupElementHelper(const QString &element)
     return e;
 }
 
-int QTextHtmlParser::lookupElement(const QString &element)
+int QTextHtmlParser::lookupElement(QStringView element)
 {
     const QTextHtmlElement *e = lookupElementHelper(element);
     if (!e)
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser_p.h b/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser_p.h
index ecbc2381715..dd52baa23e7 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser_p.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public:
 
     void parse(const QString &text, const QTextDocument *resourceProvider);
 
-    static int lookupElement(const QString &element);
+    static int lookupElement(QStringView element);
 
     Q_GUI_EXPORT static QString parseEntity(QStringView entity);