diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
index 742b05e942a..030b8456c40 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::currentPath()
 #if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(PATH_MAX)
         char *currentName = ::get_current_dir_name();
         if (currentName) {
-            result = QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(currentName));
+            result = QFileSystemEntry(QByteArray(currentName), QFileSystemEntry::FromNativePath());
             ::free(currentName);
         }
 #else