diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
index 5f3ebeadd76..8db89b9f058 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ void tst_QFile::cleanup()
                 QDir remainingDir(absoluteFilePath);
                 QVERIFY2(remainingDir.removeRecursively(), qPrintable(absoluteFilePath));
             } else {
+                if (!(QFile::permissions(absoluteFilePath) & QFile::WriteUser))
+                    QVERIFY2(QFile::setPermissions(absoluteFilePath, QFile::WriteUser), qPrintable(absoluteFilePath));
                 QVERIFY2(QFile::remove(absoluteFilePath), qPrintable(absoluteFilePath));
             }
         }