3 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry.cpp
index 0e7eaeea76..1bf61017f6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ void QLoggingSettingsParser::parseNextLine(QStringRef line)
 QLoggingRegistry::QLoggingRegistry()
     : categoryFilter(defaultCategoryFilter)
 {
+    initalizeRules(); // Init on first use
 }
 
 static bool qtLoggingDebug()
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ static QVector<QLoggingRule> loadRulesFromFile(const QString &filePath)
     Initializes the rules database by loading
     $QT_LOGGING_CONF, $QT_LOGGING_RULES, and .config/QtProject/qtlogging.ini.
  */
-void QLoggingRegistry::init()
+void QLoggingRegistry::initalizeRules()
 {
     QVector<QLoggingRule> er, qr, cr;
     // get rules from environment
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry_p.h
index a68b993cca..a3857d3588 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry_p.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT QLoggingRegistry
 public:
     QLoggingRegistry();
 
-    void init();
+    void initalizeRules();
 
     void registerCategory(QLoggingCategory *category, QtMsgType enableForLevel);
     void unregisterCategory(QLoggingCategory *category);
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
index cba279c184..bf423cef21 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
@@ -776,8 +776,6 @@ void QCoreApplicationPrivate::init()
     if (!coreappdata()->applicationVersionSet)
         coreappdata()->applicationVersion = appVersion();
 
-    QLoggingRegistry::instance()->init();
-
 #if QT_CONFIG(library)
     // Reset the lib paths, so that they will be recomputed, taking the availability of argv[0]
     // into account. If necessary, recompute right away and replay the manual changes on top of the