2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp b/src/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp
index f76bb51ce1..fb02ad6686 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ QSyntaxHighlighter::QSyntaxHighlighter(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(*new QSyntaxHighlighterPrivate, parent)
 {
     if (parent->inherits("QTextEdit")) {
-        QTextDocument *doc = qobject_cast<QTextDocument *>(parent->property("document").value<QObject *>());
+        QTextDocument *doc = parent->property("document").value<QTextDocument *>();
         if (doc)
             setDocument(doc);
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextdocument_p.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextdocument_p.cpp
index d4ea9827ce..991ede3c6b 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextdocument_p.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextdocument_p.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ void QTextDocumentPrivate::init()
     undoEnabled = undoState;
     modified = false;
     modifiedState = 0;
+
+    qRegisterMetaType<QTextDocument *>();
 }
 
 void QTextDocumentPrivate::clear()