diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msbuild_objectmodel.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msbuild_objectmodel.cpp
index 27f67be5253..59825f29f1f 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msbuild_objectmodel.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msbuild_objectmodel.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static QStringList unquote(const QStringList &values)
 {
     QStringList result;
     result.reserve(values.size());
-    for (int i = values.count(); --i >= 0;)
+    for (int i = 0; i < values.count(); ++i)
         result << unquote(values.at(i));
     return result;
 }