diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qcolor.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qcolor.cpp
index 1439324c2..4e6e16a29 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qcolor.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qcolor.cpp
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ bool QColor::setNamedColor(const QString &name)
     }
 
     QByteArray latin = name.toLatin1();
-    if (name.startsWith(QLatin1Char('#'))) {
+    if (latin.startsWith('#')) {
         QRgb rgb;
         if (qt_get_hex_rgb(latin.constData(), latin.length(), &rgb)) {
             setRgb(rgb);