diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_download.qml b/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_download.qml
index 7d1e24b4d80c19cb29133180ddd859c1c53bbd7b..e4e93b993e45997b7aabc87d0f261d02a031cec6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_download.qml
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_download.qml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ TestWebEngineView {
             compare(downloadState[1], WebEngineDownloadItem.DownloadInProgress)
             downloadFinishedSpy.wait()
             compare(totalBytes, receivedBytes)
-            tryCompare(downloadState, 2, WebEngineDownloadItem.DownloadCompleted)
+            tryCompare(downloadState, "2", WebEngineDownloadItem.DownloadCompleted)
         }
 
         function test_downloadCancelled() {