diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index baababe09ae..2734d598517 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -10898,10 +10898,11 @@ void QWidget::setParent(QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags f)
                     recreate = true;
             }
             if (recreate) {
-                auto oldState = d->windowHandle(QWidgetPrivate::WindowHandleMode::Closest)->windowState();
+                const auto windowStateBeforeDestroy = newtlw->windowState();
                 newtlw->destroy();
                 newtlw->create();
-                d->windowHandle(QWidgetPrivate::WindowHandleMode::Closest)->setWindowState(oldState);
+                Q_ASSERT(newtlw->windowHandle());
+                newtlw->windowHandle()->setWindowStates(windowStateBeforeDestroy);
             }
         }
     }