diff --git a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.cpp b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.cpp
index c99199881f2..b9752d272ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.cpp
@@ -848,11 +848,11 @@ void DocumentContainer::setScrollPosition(const QPoint &pos)
     m_scrollPosition = pos;
 }
 
-void DocumentContainer::setDocument(litehtml::document::ptr document)
+void DocumentContainer::setDocument(const QByteArray &data, litehtml::context *context)
 {
-    m_document = document;
     m_pixmaps.clear();
     m_selection = {};
+    m_document = litehtml::document::createFromUTF8(data.constData(), this, context);
 }
 
 litehtml::document::ptr DocumentContainer::document() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.h b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.h
index 5d556e2c91d..58833bf8400 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.h
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ public:
     void get_media_features(litehtml::media_features &media) const override;
     void get_language(litehtml::tstring &language, litehtml::tstring &culture) const override;
 
-    void setScrollPosition(const QPoint &pos);
-    void setDocument(litehtml::document::ptr document);
+    void setDocument(const QByteArray &data, litehtml::context *context);
     litehtml::document::ptr document() const;
+    void setScrollPosition(const QPoint &pos);
     void render(int width, int height);
 
     // these return areas to redraw in document space
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.cpp
index db29cd0ecb2..4b36b7bc04a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.cpp
@@ -422,10 +422,7 @@ QUrl QLiteHtmlWidget::url() const
 
 void QLiteHtmlWidget::setHtml(const QString &content)
 {
-    litehtml::document::ptr doc = litehtml::document::createFromUTF8(content.toUtf8().constData(),
-                                                                     &d->documentContainer,
-                                                                     &d->context);
-    d->documentContainer.setDocument(doc);
+    d->documentContainer.setDocument(content.toUtf8(), &d->context);
     verticalScrollBar()->setValue(0);
     horizontalScrollBar()->setValue(0);
     render();