diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
index 0201ea56400..4da62b73586 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ inline int QMetaObjectPrivate::indexOfMethodRelative(const QMetaObject **baseObj
 
 
 /*!
+    \fn int QMetaObject::indexOfConstructor(const char *constructor) const
     \since 4.5
 
     Finds \a constructor and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.
@@ -739,15 +740,24 @@ inline int QMetaObjectPrivate::indexOfMethodRelative(const QMetaObject **baseObj
 
     \sa constructor(), constructorCount(), normalizedSignature()
 */
+
+static int indexOfConstructor_helper(const QMetaObject *mo, const char *constructor)
+{
+    QArgumentTypeArray types;
+    QByteArrayView name = QMetaObjectPrivate::decodeMethodSignature(constructor, types);
+    return QMetaObjectPrivate::indexOfConstructor(mo, name, types.size(), types.constData());
+}
+
 int QMetaObject::indexOfConstructor(const char *constructor) const
 {
     Q_ASSERT(priv(d.data)->revision >= 7);
-    QArgumentTypeArray types;
-    QByteArrayView name = QMetaObjectPrivate::decodeMethodSignature(constructor, types);
-    return QMetaObjectPrivate::indexOfConstructor(this, name, types.size(), types.constData());
+    int i = indexOfConstructor_helper(this, constructor);
+    return i;
 }
 
 /*!
+    \fn int QMetaObject::indexOfMethod(const char *method) const
+
     Finds \a method and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.
 
     Note that the \a method has to be in normalized form, as returned
@@ -755,9 +765,9 @@ int QMetaObject::indexOfConstructor(const char *constructor) const
 
     \sa method(), methodCount(), methodOffset(), normalizedSignature()
 */
-int QMetaObject::indexOfMethod(const char *method) const
+
+static int indexOfMethod_helper(const QMetaObject *m, const char *method)
 {
-    const QMetaObject *m = this;
     int i;
     Q_ASSERT(priv(m->d.data)->revision >= 7);
     QArgumentTypeArray types;
@@ -768,6 +778,13 @@ int QMetaObject::indexOfMethod(const char *method) const
     return i;
 }
 
+int QMetaObject::indexOfMethod(const char *method) const
+{
+    const QMetaObject *m = this;
+    int i = indexOfMethod_helper(m, method);
+    return i;
+}
+
 // Parses a string of comma-separated types into QArgumentTypes.
 // No normalization of the type names is performed.
 static void argumentTypesFromString(const char *str, const char *end,
@@ -810,6 +827,8 @@ QByteArrayView QMetaObjectPrivate::decodeMethodSignature(
 }
 
 /*!
+    \fn int QMetaObject::indexOfSignal(const char *signal) const
+
     Finds \a signal and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.
 
     This is the same as indexOfMethod(), except that it will return
@@ -820,9 +839,9 @@ QByteArrayView QMetaObjectPrivate::decodeMethodSignature(
 
     \sa indexOfMethod(), normalizedSignature(), method(), methodCount(), methodOffset()
 */
-int QMetaObject::indexOfSignal(const char *signal) const
+
+static int indexOfSignal_helper(const QMetaObject *m, const char *signal)
 {
-    const QMetaObject *m = this;
     int i;
     Q_ASSERT(priv(m->d.data)->revision >= 7);
     QArgumentTypeArray types;
@@ -833,6 +852,13 @@ int QMetaObject::indexOfSignal(const char *signal) const
     return i;
 }
 
+int QMetaObject::indexOfSignal(const char *signal) const
+{
+    const QMetaObject *m = this;
+    int i = indexOfSignal_helper(m, signal);
+    return i;
+}
+
 /*!
     \internal
     Same as QMetaObject::indexOfSignal, but the result is the local offset to the base object.
@@ -860,6 +886,8 @@ int QMetaObjectPrivate::indexOfSignalRelative(const QMetaObject **baseObject,
 }
 
 /*!
+    \fn int QMetaObject::indexOfSlot(const char *slot) const
+
     Finds \a slot and returns its index; otherwise returns -1.
 
     This is the same as indexOfMethod(), except that it will return
@@ -867,9 +895,9 @@ int QMetaObjectPrivate::indexOfSignalRelative(const QMetaObject **baseObject,
 
     \sa indexOfMethod(), method(), methodCount(), methodOffset()
 */
-int QMetaObject::indexOfSlot(const char *slot) const
+
+static int indexOfSlot_helper(const QMetaObject *m, const char *slot)
 {
-    const QMetaObject *m = this;
     int i;
     Q_ASSERT(priv(m->d.data)->revision >= 7);
     QArgumentTypeArray types;
@@ -880,6 +908,13 @@ int QMetaObject::indexOfSlot(const char *slot) const
     return i;
 }
 
+int QMetaObject::indexOfSlot(const char *slot) const
+{
+    const QMetaObject *m = this;
+    int i = indexOfSlot_helper(m, slot);
+    return i;
+}
+
 // same as indexOfSignalRelative but for slots.
 int QMetaObjectPrivate::indexOfSlotRelative(const QMetaObject **m,
                                             QByteArrayView name, int argc,