diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontdatabase/tst_qfontdatabase.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontdatabase/tst_qfontdatabase.cpp
index 2ce98be935c..6b6ad201bf6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontdatabase/tst_qfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontdatabase/tst_qfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,9 @@ void tst_QFontDatabase::condensedFontMatching()
     tfcByStyleName.setStyleName("Condensed");
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    QFontPrivate *font_d = QFontPrivate::get(tfcByStretch);
+    QFont f;
+    f.setStyleStrategy(QFont::NoFontMerging);
+    QFontPrivate *font_d = QFontPrivate::get(f);
     if (font_d->engineForScript(QChar::Script_Common)->type() != QFontEngine::Freetype)
         QEXPECT_FAIL("","No matching of sub-family by stretch on Windows", Continue);
 #endif