diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
index 87b9e20770f..1bfc7b91f03 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
@@ -5602,7 +5602,7 @@ void tst_QVariant::constructFromIncompatibleMetaType()
 void tst_QVariant::copyNonDefaultConstructible()
 {
     NonDefaultConstructible ndc(42);
-    QVariant var(QMetaType::fromType<NonDefaultConstructible>(), &ndc);
+    QVariant var = QVariant::fromValue(ndc);
     QVERIFY(var.isDetached());
     QCOMPARE(var.metaType(), QMetaType::fromType<NonDefaultConstructible>());
     QVERIFY(var.constData() != &ndc);