1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qspinbox/tst_qspinbox.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qspinbox/tst_qspinbox.cpp
index c877454440..9883de6190 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qspinbox/tst_qspinbox.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qspinbox/tst_qspinbox.cpp
@@ -1149,33 +1149,32 @@ public:
 
 void tst_QSpinBox::sizeHint()
 {
-    QWidget *widget = new QWidget;
-    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout(widget);
+    QWidget widget;
+    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout(&widget);
+
     sizeHint_SpinBox *spinBox = new sizeHint_SpinBox;
     layout->addWidget(spinBox);
-    widget->show();
-    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(widget));
+    // Make sure all layout requests posted by the QHBoxLayout constructor and addWidget
+    // are processed before the widget is shown
+    QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents(&widget, QEvent::LayoutRequest);
+    widget.show();
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(&widget));
 
     // Prefix
     spinBox->sizeHintRequests = 0;
     spinBox->setPrefix(QLatin1String("abcdefghij"));
-    qApp->processEvents();
     QTRY_VERIFY(spinBox->sizeHintRequests > 0);
 
     // Suffix
     spinBox->sizeHintRequests = 0;
     spinBox->setSuffix(QLatin1String("abcdefghij"));
-    qApp->processEvents();
     QTRY_VERIFY(spinBox->sizeHintRequests > 0);
 
     // Range
     spinBox->sizeHintRequests = 0;
     spinBox->setRange(0, 1234567890);
     spinBox->setValue(spinBox->maximum());
-    qApp->processEvents();
     QTRY_VERIFY(spinBox->sizeHintRequests > 0);
-
-    delete widget;
 }
 
 void tst_QSpinBox::taskQTBUG_5008_textFromValueAndValidate()