diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
index baf7e8afc3a..3b810e64359 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void QListModel::insert(int row, QListWidgetItem *item)
     if (!item)
         return;
 
-    item->view = qobject_cast<QListWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    item->view = this->view();
     if (item->view && item->view->isSortingEnabled()) {
         // sorted insertion
         QList<QListWidgetItem*>::iterator it;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void QListModel::insert(int row, const QStringList &labels)
     const int count = labels.size();
     if (count <= 0)
         return;
-    QListWidget *view = qobject_cast<QListWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    QListWidget *view = this->view();
     if (view && view->isSortingEnabled()) {
         // sorted insertion
         for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void QListModel::insert(int row, const QStringList &labels)
         for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
             QListWidgetItem *item = new QListWidgetItem(labels.at(i));
             item->d->theid = row;
-            item->view = qobject_cast<QListWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+            item->view = this->view();
             items.insert(row++, item);
         }
         endInsertRows();
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ bool QListModel::insertRows(int row, int count, const QModelIndex &parent)
         return false;
 
     beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(), row, row + count - 1);
-    QListWidget *view = qobject_cast<QListWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    QListWidget *view = this->view();
     QListWidgetItem *itm = nullptr;
 
     for (int r = row; r < row + count; ++r) {
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void QListModel::itemChanged(QListWidgetItem *item, const QList<int> &roles)
 
 QStringList QListModel::mimeTypes() const
 {
-    const QListWidget *view = qobject_cast<const QListWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    const QListWidget *view = this->view();
     if (view)
         return view->mimeTypes();
     return {};
@@ -405,10 +405,9 @@ QMimeData *QListModel::mimeData(const QModelIndexList &indexes) const
     itemlist.reserve(indexesCount);
     for (int i = 0; i < indexesCount; ++i)
         itemlist << at(indexes.at(i).row());
-    const QListWidget *view = qobject_cast<const QListWidget*>(QObject::parent());
 
     cachedIndexes = indexes;
-    QMimeData *mimeData = view->mimeData(itemlist);
+    QMimeData *mimeData = view()->mimeData(itemlist);
     cachedIndexes.clear();
     return mimeData;
 }
@@ -418,19 +417,17 @@ bool QListModel::dropMimeData(const QMimeData *data, Qt::DropAction action,
                               int row, int column, const QModelIndex &index)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(column);
-    QListWidget *view = qobject_cast<QListWidget*>(QObject::parent());
     if (index.isValid())
         row = index.row();
     else if (row == -1)
         row = items.size();
 
-    return view->dropMimeData(row, data, action);
+    return view()->dropMimeData(row, data, action);
 }
 
 Qt::DropActions QListModel::supportedDropActions() const
 {
-    const QListWidget *view = qobject_cast<const QListWidget*>(QObject::parent());
-    return view->supportedDropActions();
+    return view()->supportedDropActions();
 }
 #endif // QT_CONFIG(draganddrop)
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget_p.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget_p.h
index 9aa87873fe4..73bf9d509e4 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget_p.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ public:
     QListModel(QListWidget *parent);
     ~QListModel();
 
+    inline QListWidget *view() const { return qobject_cast<QListWidget *>(QObject::parent()); }
+
     void clear();
     QListWidgetItem *at(int row) const;
     void insert(int row, QListWidgetItem *item);
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
index f23904e6fa2..5d98961b0ed 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void QTableModel::setItem(int row, int column, QTableWidgetItem *item)
         oldItem->view = nullptr;
     delete tableItems.at(i);
 
-    QTableWidget *view = qobject_cast<QTableWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    QTableWidget *view = this->view();
 
     // set new
     if (item)
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ void QTableModel::setHorizontalHeaderItem(int section, QTableWidgetItem *item)
         oldItem->view = nullptr;
     delete oldItem;
 
-    QTableWidget *view = qobject_cast<QTableWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    QTableWidget *view = this->view();
 
     if (item) {
         item->view = view;
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ void QTableModel::setVerticalHeaderItem(int section, QTableWidgetItem *item)
         oldItem->view = nullptr;
     delete oldItem;
 
-    QTableWidget *view = qobject_cast<QTableWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    QTableWidget *view = this->view();
 
     if (item) {
         item->view = view;
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ bool QTableModel::setData(const QModelIndex &index, const QVariant &value, int r
     if (!value.isValid())
         return false;
 
-    QTableWidget *view = qobject_cast<QTableWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    QTableWidget *view = this->view();
     if (!view)
         return false;
 
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ bool QTableModel::setItemData(const QModelIndex &index, const QMap<int, QVariant
     if (!index.isValid())
         return false;
 
-    QTableWidget *view = qobject_cast<QTableWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    QTableWidget *view = this->view();
     QTableWidgetItem *itm = item(index);
     if (itm) {
         itm->view = nullptr; // prohibits item from calling itemChanged()
@@ -817,8 +817,10 @@ void QTableModel::setItemPrototype(const QTableWidgetItem *item)
 
 QStringList QTableModel::mimeTypes() const
 {
-    const QTableWidget *view = qobject_cast<const QTableWidget*>(QObject::parent());
-    return (view ? view->mimeTypes() : QStringList());
+    auto v = view();
+    if (v)
+        return v->mimeTypes();
+    return {};
 }
 
 QMimeData *QTableModel::internalMimeData()  const
@@ -833,7 +835,7 @@ QMimeData *QTableModel::mimeData(const QModelIndexList &indexes) const
     items.reserve(indexesCount);
     for (int i = 0; i < indexesCount; ++i)
         items << item(indexes.at(i));
-    const QTableWidget *view = qobject_cast<const QTableWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    const QTableWidget *view = this->view();
 
     // cachedIndexes is a little hack to avoid copying from QModelIndexList to
     // QList<QTreeWidgetItem*> and back again in the view
@@ -857,13 +859,13 @@ bool QTableModel::dropMimeData(const QMimeData *data, Qt::DropAction action,
         column = 0;
     }
 
-    QTableWidget *view = qobject_cast<QTableWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    QTableWidget *view = this->view();
     return (view ? view->dropMimeData(row, column, data, action) : false);
 }
 
 Qt::DropActions QTableModel::supportedDropActions() const
 {
-    const QTableWidget *view = qobject_cast<const QTableWidget*>(QObject::parent());
+    const QTableWidget *view = this->view();
     return (view ? view->supportedDropActions() : Qt::DropActions(Qt::IgnoreAction));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget_p.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget_p.h
index 11b9b42b2f6..0904f077c2e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget_p.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public:
     QTableModel(int rows, int columns, QTableWidget *parent);
     ~QTableModel();
 
+    inline QTableWidget *view() const { return qobject_cast<QTableWidget *>(QObject::parent()); }
+
     bool insertRows(int row, int count = 1, const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) override;
     bool insertColumns(int column, int count = 1, const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) override;