diff --git a/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm b/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
index d17d1bb7018..70d405fc7b0 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
+++ b/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ QCoreTextFontDatabase::QCoreTextFontDatabase()
 #if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
     m_fontSetObserver = QMacNotificationObserver(nil, NSFontSetChangedNotification, [] {
         qCDebug(lcQpaFonts) << "Fonts have changed";
-        handleAvailableFontsChanged();
+        QPlatformFontDatabase::repopulateFontDatabase();
     });
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp
index eb54a4e5cb1..8fcdfc59882 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -600,13 +600,19 @@ void QPlatformFontDatabase::registerAliasToFontFamily(const QString &familyName,
 }
 
 /*!
-    Inform the Qt font database that the platform's available fonts have changed.
+    Requests that the platform font database should be repopulated.
 
     This will result in invalidating the entire font database.
 
+    The next time the font database is accessed it will be repopulated
+    via a call to QPlatformFontDatabase::populate().
+
+    Application fonts will not be removed, and will be automatically
+    populated when the font database is repopulated.
+
     \since 6.4
 */
-void QPlatformFontDatabase::handleAvailableFontsChanged()
+void QPlatformFontDatabase::repopulateFontDatabase()
 {
     QFontDatabasePrivate::instance()->invalidate();
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h
index ffb32d701cd..33828596729 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public:
     static void registerFontFamily(const QString &familyName);
     static void registerAliasToFontFamily(const QString &familyName, const QString &alias);
 
-    static void handleAvailableFontsChanged();
+    static void repopulateFontDatabase();
 
     static bool isFamilyPopulated(const QString &familyName);
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostheme.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostheme.mm
index 390ca2e351f..02143bd7a23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostheme.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostheme.mm
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ QIOSTheme::QIOSTheme()
     m_contentSizeCategoryObserver = QMacNotificationObserver(nil,
         UIContentSizeCategoryDidChangeNotification, [] {
         qCDebug(lcQpaFonts) << "Contents size category changed to" << UIApplication.sharedApplication.preferredContentSizeCategory;
-        QPlatformFontDatabase::handleAvailableFontsChanged();
+        QPlatformFontDatabase::repopulateFontDatabase();
     });
 }