diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp
index 102e3851d04..1dc4716649c 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ static inline QString fixComponentPathForIncompatibleQt(const QString &component
         //plugin directories might contain the version number
             fixedPath.chop(4);
             fixedPath += QLatin1Char('/') + QFileInfo(componentPath).fileName();
-            if (QFileInfo(fixedPath).exists())
+            if (QFileInfo::exists(fixedPath))
                 return fixedPath;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
index a38a6b93aff..4cad2d08cc0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorview.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ void PropertyEditorView::changeValue(const QString &name)
         if (qmlObjectNode.modelNode().metaInfo().propertyTypeName(propertyName) == "QUrl"
                 || qmlObjectNode.modelNode().metaInfo().propertyTypeName(propertyName) == "url") { //turn absolute local file paths into relative paths
                 QString filePath = castedValue.toUrl().toString();
-            if (QFileInfo(filePath).exists() && QFileInfo(filePath).isAbsolute()) {
+            QFileInfo fi(filePath);
+            if (fi.exists() && fi.isAbsolute()) {
                 QDir fileDir(QFileInfo(model()->fileUrl().toLocalFile()).absolutePath());
                 castedValue = QUrl(fileDir.relativeFilePath(filePath));
             }