diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
index ae67b142449..c7740c6c5b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ TextStyle styleFromName(const char *name)
         if (qstrcmp(name, nameForStyle(TextStyle(i))) == 0)
             return TextStyle(i);
     }
-    return TextStyle();
+    return C_LAST_STYLE_SENTINEL;
 }
 
 } // namespace Constants