3 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
index 37a26cf556..24427bd1af 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ QCoreApplicationPrivate::QCoreApplicationPrivate(int &aargc, char **aargv, uint
     qt_application_thread_id = QThread::currentThreadId();
 #  endif
 
-    // note: this call to QThread::currentThread() may end up setting theMainThread!
-    if (QThread::currentThread() != theMainThread)
+    QThread *cur = QThread::currentThread(); // note: this may end up setting theMainThread!
+    if (cur != theMainThread)
         qWarning("WARNING: QApplication was not created in the main() thread.");
 #endif
 }
@@ -531,11 +531,11 @@ void QCoreApplicationPrivate::eventDispatcherReady()
 {
 }
 
-QThread *QCoreApplicationPrivate::theMainThread = 0;
+QBasicAtomicPointer<QThread> QCoreApplicationPrivate::theMainThread = Q_BASIC_ATOMIC_INITIALIZER(0);
 QThread *QCoreApplicationPrivate::mainThread()
 {
-    Q_ASSERT(theMainThread != 0);
-    return theMainThread;
+    Q_ASSERT(theMainThread.load() != 0);
+    return theMainThread.load();
 }
 
 void QCoreApplicationPrivate::checkReceiverThread(QObject *receiver)
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ bool QCoreApplication::hasPendingEvents()
 QAbstractEventDispatcher *QCoreApplication::eventDispatcher()
 {
     if (QCoreApplicationPrivate::theMainThread)
-        return QCoreApplicationPrivate::theMainThread->eventDispatcher();
+        return QCoreApplicationPrivate::theMainThread.load()->eventDispatcher();
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication_p.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication_p.h
index 2646a28d71..e985f8d052 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication_p.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public:
     }
     void maybeQuit();
 
-    static QThread *theMainThread;
+    static QBasicAtomicPointer<QThread> theMainThread;
     static QThread *mainThread();
     static void sendPostedEvents(QObject *receiver, int event_type, QThreadData *data);
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
index bcc4e7f8e6..f2c67fb3a0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ void QObject::moveToThread(QThread *targetThread)
     } else if (d->threadData != currentData) {
         qWarning("QObject::moveToThread: Current thread (%p) is not the object's thread (%p).\n"
                  "Cannot move to target thread (%p)\n",
-                 currentData->thread, d->threadData->thread, targetData ? targetData->thread : Q_NULLPTR);
+                 currentData->thread.load(), d->threadData->thread.load(), targetData ? targetData->thread.load() : Q_NULLPTR);
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
         qWarning("You might be loading two sets of Qt binaries into the same process. "