diff --git a/tests/auto/qdatastream/tst_qdatastream.cpp b/tests/auto/qdatastream/tst_qdatastream.cpp
index 55e8d19e7..9786b2535 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qdatastream/tst_qdatastream.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qdatastream/tst_qdatastream.cpp
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ void tst_QDataStream::stream_writeError()
     TEST_WRITE_ERROR(<< (quint32)1)
     TEST_WRITE_ERROR(<< (qint64)1)
     TEST_WRITE_ERROR(<< (quint64)1)
-    TEST_WRITE_ERROR(<< "hello")
+    TEST_WRITE_ERROR(<< QByteArray("hello"))
     TEST_WRITE_ERROR(<< (float)1.0)
     TEST_WRITE_ERROR(<< (double)1.0)
     TEST_WRITE_ERROR(.writeRawData("test", 4))