1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qprocess_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qprocess_win.cpp
index 98ada82446..e7cd9d9a17 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qprocess_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qprocess_win.cpp
@@ -666,10 +666,7 @@ bool QProcessPrivate::waitForBytesWritten(int msecs)
     QIncrementalSleepTimer timer(msecs);
 
     forever {
-        // Check if we have any data pending: the pipe writer has
-        // bytes waiting to written, or it has written data since the
-        // last time we called stdinChannel.writer->waitForWrite().
-        bool pendingDataInPipe = stdinChannel.writer && (stdinChannel.writer->bytesToWrite() || stdinChannel.writer->hadWritten());
+        bool pendingDataInPipe = stdinChannel.writer && stdinChannel.writer->bytesToWrite();
 
         // If we don't have pending data, and our write buffer is
         // empty, we fail.
@@ -797,7 +794,6 @@ qint64 QProcessPrivate::writeToStdin(const char *data, qint64 maxlen)
         stdinChannel.writer = new QWindowsPipeWriter(stdinChannel.pipe[1], q);
         QObjectPrivate::connect(stdinChannel.writer, &QWindowsPipeWriter::canWrite,
                                 this, &QProcessPrivate::_q_canWrite);
-        stdinChannel.writer->start();
     }
 
     return stdinChannel.writer->write(data, maxlen);