diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
index b7f003be676..1d56ef0e8ce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ bool QmlDesignerPlugin::initialize(const QStringList & /*arguments*/, QString *e
 bool QmlDesignerPlugin::delayedInitialize()
 {
     // adding default path to item library plugins
-    const QString postfix = Utils::HostOsInfo::isMacHost() ? "/QmlDesigner" : "/qmldesigner";
+    const QString postfix = Utils::HostOsInfo::isMacHost() ? QString("/QmlDesigner")
+                                                           : QString("/qmldesigner");
     const QStringList pluginPaths =
         Utils::transform(ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::pluginPaths(), [postfix](const QString &p) {
             return QString(p + postfix);