diff --git a/src/platformsupport/inputcontext/qplatforminputcontextfactory_qpa.cpp b/src/platformsupport/inputcontext/qplatforminputcontextfactory_qpa.cpp
index 9e38e4cedf290344e164d808affc21206fa57b25..ca3673f670ad5bb8c5925ce32eb129c754cab7e0 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/inputcontext/qplatforminputcontextfactory_qpa.cpp
+++ b/src/platformsupport/inputcontext/qplatforminputcontextfactory_qpa.cpp
@@ -83,8 +83,11 @@ QPlatformInputContext *QPlatformInputContextFactory::create()
     QPlatformInputContext *ic = 0;
 
     QString icString = QString::fromLatin1(qgetenv("QT_IM_MODULE"));
-    ic = create(icString);
 
+    if (icString == QStringLiteral("none"))
+        return 0;
+
+    ic = create(icString);
     if (ic && ic->isValid())
         return ic;