diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp
index 95489a6caab..5527cfcd84d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp
@@ -926,6 +926,19 @@ QThread::Priority QThread::priority() const
 
     \sa sleep(), terminate()
 */
+bool QThread::wait(QDeadlineTimer deadline)
+{
+    Q_D(QThread);
+    QMutexLocker locker(&d->mutex);
+
+    if (d->threadState == QThreadPrivate::NotStarted || d->threadState == QThreadPrivate::Finished)
+        return true;
+    if (isCurrentThread()) {
+        qWarning("QThread::wait: Thread tried to wait on itself");
+        return false;
+    }
+    return d->wait(locker, deadline);
+}
 
 /*!
     \fn void QThread::setTerminationEnabled(bool enabled)
diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qthread_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qthread_unix.cpp
index c1f212b1425..7dd7fd056ca 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qthread_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qthread_unix.cpp
@@ -869,24 +869,6 @@ inline void QThreadPrivate::wakeAll()
         wakeAllInternal(this);
 }
 
-bool QThread::wait(QDeadlineTimer deadline)
-{
-    Q_D(QThread);
-    QMutexLocker locker(&d->mutex);
-
-    if (d->threadState == QThreadPrivate::NotStarted)
-        return true;
-    if (d->threadState == QThreadPrivate::Finished)
-        return true;
-
-    if (isCurrentThread()) {
-        qWarning("QThread::wait: Thread tried to wait on itself");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return d->wait(locker, deadline);
-}
-
 bool QThreadPrivate::wait(QMutexLocker<QMutex> &locker, QDeadlineTimer deadline)
 {
     constexpr int HasJoinerBit = int(0x8000'0000);  // a.k.a. sign bit
diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp
index bbfc05a0b3a..61426546274 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp
@@ -414,20 +414,6 @@ void QThread::terminate()
     d->finish(false);
 }
 
-bool QThread::wait(QDeadlineTimer deadline)
-{
-    Q_D(QThread);
-    QMutexLocker locker(&d->mutex);
-
-    if (isCurrentThread()) {
-        qWarning("QThread::wait: Thread tried to wait on itself");
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (d->threadState == QThreadPrivate::NotStarted || d->threadState == QThreadPrivate::Finished)
-        return true;
-    return d->wait(locker, deadline);
-}
-
 bool QThreadPrivate::wait(QMutexLocker<QMutex> &locker, QDeadlineTimer deadline)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(threadState != QThreadPrivate::Finished);