diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp
index 8215e0ba8a2..2bd75b7e472 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ void ClangModelManagerSupport::updateLanguageClient(ProjectExplorer::Project *pr
     auto future = Utils::runAsync(&Internal::generateCompilationDB, projectInfo,
                                   CompilationDbPurpose::CodeModel);
     generatorWatcher->setFuture(future);
-    m_generatorSynchronizer.addFuture(future);
+    m_generatorSynchronizer.addFuture(QFuture<void>(future));
 }
 
 ClangdClient *ClangModelManagerSupport::clientForProject(