diff --git a/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothsocket_bluez.cpp b/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothsocket_bluez.cpp
index 803df6df25d978a0f5bf2921b368088e5b635f0e..83d8c30801d89c50993f22724071f7f22f6c7ea4 100644
--- a/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothsocket_bluez.cpp
+++ b/src/bluetooth/qbluetoothsocket_bluez.cpp
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ void QBluetoothSocketPrivate::_q_writeNotify()
                 break;
             default:
                 // every other case returns error
-                errorString = QBluetoothSocket::tr("Network Error: %1");
-                errorString.arg(qt_error_string(errno));
+                errorString = QBluetoothSocket::tr("Network Error: %1")
+                        .arg(qt_error_string(errno));
                 q->setSocketError(QBluetoothSocket::NetworkError);
                 break;
             }
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ qint64 QBluetoothSocketPrivate::writeData(const char *data, qint64 maxSize)
                 sz = 0;
                 break;
             default:
-                errorString = QBluetoothSocket::tr("Network Error: %1");
-                errorString.arg(qt_error_string(errno));
+                errorString = QBluetoothSocket::tr("Network Error: %1")
+                        .arg(qt_error_string(errno));
                 q->setSocketError(QBluetoothSocket::NetworkError);
             }
         }