diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
index fc8206ad997..e09205da6f2 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
@@ -457,9 +457,8 @@ uint ProFileEvaluator::Private::getBlockLen(const ushort *&tokPtr)
 
 ProString ProFileEvaluator::Private::getStr(const ushort *&tokPtr)
 {
-    const QString &str(m_current.pro->items());
     uint len = *tokPtr++;
-    ProString ret(str, tokPtr - (const ushort *)str.constData(), len, NoHash);
+    ProString ret(m_current.pro->items(), tokPtr - m_current.pro->tokPtr(), len, NoHash);
     tokPtr += len;
     return ret;
 }
@@ -468,8 +467,7 @@ ProString ProFileEvaluator::Private::getHashStr(const ushort *&tokPtr)
 {
     uint hash = getBlockLen(tokPtr);
     uint len = *tokPtr++;
-    const QString &str(m_current.pro->items());
-    ProString ret(str, tokPtr - (const ushort *)str.constData(), len, hash);
+    ProString ret(m_current.pro->items(), tokPtr - m_current.pro->tokPtr(), len, hash);
     tokPtr += len;
     return ret;
 }
@@ -914,8 +912,7 @@ void ProFileEvaluator::Private::visitProFunctionDef(
             (tok == TokTestDef
              ? &m_functionDefs.testFunctions
              : &m_functionDefs.replaceFunctions);
-    hash->insert(name, FunctionDef(m_current.pro,
-                                   tokPtr - (const ushort *)m_current.pro->items().constData()));
+    hash->insert(name, FunctionDef(m_current.pro, tokPtr - m_current.pro->tokPtr()));
 }
 
 ProFileEvaluator::Private::VisitReturn ProFileEvaluator::Private::visitProLoop(
@@ -1283,7 +1280,7 @@ ProFileEvaluator::Private::VisitReturn ProFileEvaluator::Private::visitProFile(
         }
     }
 
-    visitProBlock(pro, (const ushort *)pro->items().constData());
+    visitProBlock(pro, pro->tokPtr());
 
     if (m_profileStack.count() == 1) {
         if (m_parsePreAndPostFiles) {
@@ -2420,7 +2417,7 @@ ProFileEvaluator::Private::VisitReturn ProFileEvaluator::Private::evaluateCondit
                 if (!pro)
                     return ReturnFalse;
                 m_locationStack.push(m_current);
-                VisitReturn ret = visitProBlock(pro, (const ushort *)pro->items().constData());
+                VisitReturn ret = visitProBlock(pro, pro->tokPtr());
                 m_current = m_locationStack.pop();
                 pro->deref();
                 return ret;
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
index 9ea706342ee..f4ef0da356e 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public:
             return *this;
         }
         ProFile *pro() const { return m_pro; }
-        const ushort *tokPtr() const { return (const ushort *)m_pro->items().constData() + m_offset; }
+        const ushort *tokPtr() const { return m_pro->tokPtr() + m_offset; }
     private:
         ProFile *m_pro;
         int m_offset;
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/proitems.h b/src/shared/proparser/proitems.h
index 100f0889ac1..302c4b84929 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/proitems.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/proitems.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ public:
     QString directoryName() const { return m_directoryName; }
     const QString &items() const { return m_proitems; }
     QString *itemsRef() { return &m_proitems; }
+    const ushort *tokPtr() const { return (const ushort *)m_proitems.constData(); }
 
     void ref() { m_refCount.ref(); }
     void deref() { if (!m_refCount.deref()) delete this; }
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/prowriter.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/prowriter.cpp
index e1a09e7c7b3..d86856bb8a9 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/prowriter.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/prowriter.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void ProWriter::addVarValues(ProFile *profile, QStringList *lines,
     }
 
     // Check if variable item exists as child of root item
-    const ushort *tokPtr = (const ushort *)profile->items().constData();
+    const ushort *tokPtr = profile->tokPtr();
     int lineNo = 0;
     QString tmp;
     const ushort *lastXpr = 0;
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ QStringList ProWriter::removeVarValues(ProFile *profile, QStringList *lines,
     QStringList notChanged = values;
 
     QList<int> varLines;
-    findProVariables((const ushort *)profile->items().constData(), vars, &varLines);
+    findProVariables(profile->tokPtr(), vars, &varLines);
 
     QStringList valuesToFind;
     if (valuesAreFiles) {