diff --git a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
index 9efef0b958a..01a899418a2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
@@ -1427,6 +1427,7 @@ QNoDebug QMessageLogger::noDebug() const noexcept
     return QNoDebug();
 }
 
+#include "qstring.h" // inlined API
 
 // #include "qotherheader.h"
 // // implement removed functions from qotherheader.h
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
index 45f216b6a7d..969f1252199 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] static QByteArray number(double, char format = 'g', int precision = 6);
     [[nodiscard]] static QByteArray fromRawData(const char *data, qsizetype size)
     {
-        return QByteArray(DataPointer(nullptr, const_cast<char *>(data), size));
+        return QByteArray(DataPointer::fromRawData(data, size));
     }
 
     class FromBase64Result;
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
index d1f70005437..9cb4e7e1377 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
@@ -9411,10 +9411,6 @@ QString::iterator QString::erase(QString::const_iterator first, QString::const_i
     \fn QString QString::fromRawData(const QChar *unicode, qsizetype size)
     \overload
 */
-QString QString::fromRawData(const QChar *unicode, qsizetype size)
-{
-    return QString(DataPointer::fromRawData(const_cast<char16_t *>(reinterpret_cast<const char16_t *>(unicode)), size));
-}
 
 /*!
     \since 4.7
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
index a4c35cc4a6d..8687142cd2d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
@@ -784,8 +784,9 @@ public:
     static QString fromUcs4(const char32_t *, qsizetype size = -1);
     static QString fromRawData(const char16_t *unicode, qsizetype size)
     {
-        return QString(DataPointer(nullptr, const_cast<char16_t *>(unicode), size));
+        return QString(DataPointer::fromRawData(unicode, size));
     }
+    QT_CORE_INLINE_SINCE(6, 10)
     static QString fromRawData(const QChar *, qsizetype size);
 
 #if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(6, 0)
@@ -1651,6 +1652,12 @@ qsizetype QString::lastIndexOf(QChar ch, qsizetype from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
     return qToStringViewIgnoringNull(*this).lastIndexOf(ch, from, cs);
 }
 #endif
+#if QT_CORE_INLINE_IMPL_SINCE(6, 10)
+QString QString::fromRawData(const QChar *unicode, qsizetype size)
+{
+    return fromRawData(reinterpret_cast<const char16_t *>(unicode), size);
+}
+#endif
 
 namespace QtPrivate {
 // used by qPrintable() and qUtf8Printable() macros