1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
index 242a4405ca..2ae2e16c89 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
@@ -488,7 +488,10 @@ void QLineEdit::setClearButtonEnabled(bool enable)
         QAction *clearAction = new QAction(d->clearButtonIcon(), QString(), this);
         clearAction->setEnabled(!isReadOnly());
         clearAction->setObjectName(QLatin1String(clearButtonActionNameC));
-        d->addAction(clearAction, 0, QLineEdit::TrailingPosition, QLineEditPrivate::SideWidgetClearButton | QLineEditPrivate::SideWidgetFadeInWithText);
+
+        int flags = QLineEditPrivate::SideWidgetClearButton | QLineEditPrivate::SideWidgetFadeInWithText;
+        auto widgetAction = d->addAction(clearAction, nullptr, QLineEdit::TrailingPosition, flags);
+        widgetAction->setVisible(!text().isEmpty());
     } else {
         QAction *clearAction = findChild<QAction *>(QLatin1String(clearButtonActionNameC));
         Q_ASSERT(clearAction);