2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp
index ad52921cb7..05293afccc 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp
@@ -2396,16 +2396,16 @@ bool QVariant::isNull() const
 }
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM
-QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const QVariant &v)
+QDebug QVariant::qdebugHelper(QDebug dbg) const
 {
     QDebugStateSaver saver(dbg);
-    const uint typeId = v.d.typeId();
+    const uint typeId = d.typeId();
     dbg.nospace() << "QVariant(";
     if (typeId != QMetaType::UnknownType) {
-        dbg << v.d.type().name() << ", ";
-        bool streamed = v.d.type().debugStream(dbg, v.d.storage());
-        if (!streamed && v.canConvert<QString>())
-            dbg << v.toString();
+        dbg << d.type().name() << ", ";
+        bool streamed = d.type().debugStream(dbg, d.storage());
+        if (!streamed && canConvert<QString>())
+            dbg << toString();
     } else {
         dbg << "Invalid";
     }
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
index 907094d25c..9df9c53802 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
@@ -494,7 +494,11 @@ private:
     friend inline bool operator!=(const QVariant &a, const QVariant &b)
     { return !a.equals(b); }
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM
-    friend Q_CORE_EXPORT QDebug operator<<(QDebug, const QVariant &);
+    template <typename T>
+    friend auto operator<<(const QDebug &debug, const T &variant) -> std::enable_if_t<std::is_same_v<T, QVariant>, QDebug> {
+        return  variant.qdebugHelper(debug);
+    }
+    QDebug qdebugHelper(QDebug) const;
 #endif
     template<typename T>
     friend inline T qvariant_cast(const QVariant &);
@@ -595,7 +599,6 @@ template<> inline QVariant qvariant_cast<QVariant>(const QVariant &v)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM
-Q_CORE_EXPORT QDebug operator<<(QDebug, const QVariant &);
 Q_CORE_EXPORT QDebug operator<<(QDebug, const QVariant::Type);
 #endif