diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp
index 4b383c0c53b..d5d584c8ebd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ void tst_QFileInfo::fileTimes()
     QDateTime birthTime, writeTime, metadataChangeTime, readTime;
 
     // --- Create file and write to it
-    beforeBirth = QDateTime::currentDateTime().addMSecs(-fsClockSkew);
+    beforeBirth = QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc().addMSecs(-fsClockSkew);
     {
         QFile file(fileName);
         QVERIFY(file.open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Text));
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ void tst_QFileInfo::fileTimes()
                  datePairString(birthTime, beforeBirth));
 
         QTest::qSleep(sleepTime);
-        beforeWrite = QDateTime::currentDateTime().addMSecs(-fsClockSkew);
+        beforeWrite = QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc().addMSecs(-fsClockSkew);
         QTextStream ts(&file);
         ts << fileName << Qt::endl;
     }
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ void tst_QFileInfo::fileTimes()
 
     // --- Change the file's metadata
     QTest::qSleep(sleepTime);
-    beforeMetadataChange = QDateTime::currentDateTime().addMSecs(-fsClockSkew);
+    beforeMetadataChange = QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc().addMSecs(-fsClockSkew);
     {
         QFile file(fileName);
         file.setPermissions(file.permissions());
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ void tst_QFileInfo::fileTimes()
 
     // --- Read the file
     QTest::qSleep(sleepTime);
-    beforeRead = QDateTime::currentDateTime().addMSecs(-fsClockSkew);
+    beforeRead = QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc().addMSecs(-fsClockSkew);
     {
         QFile file(fileName);
         QVERIFY(file.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text));
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/tst_qmimedatabase.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/tst_qmimedatabase.cpp
index 8c6bc73cdf4..293f31e4647 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/tst_qmimedatabase.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/tst_qmimedatabase.cpp
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static bool waitAndRunUpdateMimeDatabase(const QString &path)
     QFileInfo mimeCacheInfo(path + QString::fromLatin1("/mime.cache"));
     if (mimeCacheInfo.exists()) {
         // Wait until the beginning of the next second
-        while (mimeCacheInfo.lastModified().secsTo(QDateTime::currentDateTime()) == 0) {
+        while (mimeCacheInfo.lastModified().secsTo(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc()) == 0) {
             QTest::qSleep(200);
         }
     }