1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp b/src/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp
index c345e89a21..b50957d63d 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ QSyntaxHighlighter::QSyntaxHighlighter(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(*new QSyntaxHighlighterPrivate, parent)
 {
     if (parent && parent->inherits("QTextEdit")) {
-        QTextDocument *doc = parent->property("document").value<QTextDocument *>();
+        QTextDocument *doc = qvariant_cast<QTextDocument *>(parent->property("document"));
         if (doc)
             setDocument(doc);
     }