diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquickborderimage.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquickborderimage.cpp
index 87d423f3206a3f540f525ca4126fd2db5b2dda86..abd20c66f0d2b4ba7479dd2c76ddb6548ce58e6a 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquickborderimage.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquickborderimage.cpp
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ QQuickBorderImage::~QQuickBorderImage()
 void QQuickBorderImage::setSource(const QUrl &url)
 {
     Q_D(QQuickBorderImage);
-    //equality is fairly expensive, so we bypass for simple, common case
-    if ((d->url.isEmpty() == url.isEmpty()) && url == d->url)
+
+    if (url == d->url)
         return;
 
     if (d->sciReply) {
diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquickimagebase.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquickimagebase.cpp
index 0bdfab67a9314df91f8261bed5724a4874b5de0b..735910e7ff944c1cd2279043274d2106f5e4fac6 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquickimagebase.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquickimagebase.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ QUrl QQuickImageBase::source() const
 void QQuickImageBase::setSource(const QUrl &url)
 {
     Q_D(QQuickImageBase);
-    //equality is fairly expensive, so we bypass for simple, common case
-    if ((d->url.isEmpty() == url.isEmpty()) && url == d->url)
+
+    if (url == d->url)
         return;
 
     d->url = url;