diff --git a/share/qtcreator/debugger/dumper.py b/share/qtcreator/debugger/dumper.py
index a9ef5b980f7..d0d1244ff1b 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/debugger/dumper.py
+++ b/share/qtcreator/debugger/dumper.py
@@ -608,7 +608,8 @@ class DumperBase():
         return data, size, alloc
 
     # addr is the begin of a QByteArrayData structure
-    def encodeStringHelper(self, addr, limit):
+    def encodeStringHelper(self, value, limit):
+        addr = self.extractPointer(value)
         # Should not happen, but we get it with LLDB as result
         # of inferior calls
         if addr == 0:
@@ -690,7 +691,7 @@ class DumperBase():
             data = self.readMemory(ptr, shown)
             return data
         else:
-            elided, data = self.encodeStringHelper(self.extractPointer(value), limit)
+            elided, data = self.encodeStringHelper(value, limit)
             return data
 
     def encodedUtf16ToUtf8(self, s):
@@ -750,8 +751,7 @@ class DumperBase():
             data = self.readMemory(ptr, shown)
             self.putValue(data, 'utf16', elided=elided)
         else:
-            addr = self.extractPointer(value)
-            elided, data = self.encodeStringHelper(addr, self.displayStringLimit)
+            elided, data = self.encodeStringHelper(value, self.displayStringLimit)
             self.putValue(data, 'utf16', elided=elided)
 
     def putPtrItem(self, name, value):
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/debugger/qttypes.py b/share/qtcreator/debugger/qttypes.py
index 36da4087a5b..0d1facbecbf 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/debugger/qttypes.py
+++ b/share/qtcreator/debugger/qttypes.py
@@ -3052,7 +3052,8 @@ def qdump__QJsonValue(d, value):
         return
     if t == 3:
         d.putType('QJsonValue (String)')
-        elided, base = d.encodeStringHelper(data, d.displayStringLimit)
+        string = value.split('{QString}')[0]
+        elided, base = d.encodeString(string, d.displayStringLimit)
         d.putValue(base, 'utf16', elided=elided)
         return
     if t == 4: