diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhimetal.mm b/src/gui/rhi/qrhimetal.mm
index 345494c9f6a..d9a26494515 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhimetal.mm
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhimetal.mm
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ QRhiMetal::QRhiMetal(QRhiMetalInitParams *params, QRhiMetalNativeHandles *import
 
     importedDevice = importDevice != nullptr;
     if (importedDevice) {
-        if (d->dev) {
+        if (importDevice->dev) {
             d->dev = (id<MTLDevice>) importDevice->dev;
             importedCmdQueue = importDevice->cmdQueue != nullptr;
             if (importedCmdQueue)