diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qquicktextinput/tst_qquicktextinput.cpp b/tests/auto/quick/qquicktextinput/tst_qquicktextinput.cpp
index 5f280d152c651192daf34878ba2941da63fa4c83..b901aeaf752329379f7750b4fd51e67568888b81 100644
--- a/tests/auto/quick/qquicktextinput/tst_qquicktextinput.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qquicktextinput/tst_qquicktextinput.cpp
@@ -6088,7 +6088,7 @@ void tst_qquicktextinput::clearInputMask()
     QQuickTextInput *textInput = qobject_cast<QQuickTextInput*>(textInputComponent.create());
     QVERIFY(textInput != 0);
 
-    QVERIFY(textInput->inputMask() != QString());
+    QVERIFY(!textInput->inputMask().isEmpty());
     textInput->setInputMask(QString());
     QCOMPARE(textInput->inputMask(), QString());
 }