diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget.cpp
index 4041c730b8..f98e0e44db 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget.cpp
@@ -1182,6 +1182,8 @@ void QDockWidgetPrivate::setWindowState(bool floating, bool unplug, const QRect
             QMainWindowLayout *mwlayout = qt_mainwindow_layout_from_dock(q);
             if (mwlayout)
                 emit q->dockLocationChanged(mwlayout->dockWidgetArea(q));
+        } else {
+            emit q->dockLocationChanged(Qt::NoDockWidgetArea);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget/tst_qdockwidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget/tst_qdockwidget.cpp
index f8ce6a2c0a..625116654d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget/tst_qdockwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget/tst_qdockwidget.cpp
@@ -670,7 +670,11 @@ void tst_QDockWidget::dockLocationChanged()
     spy.clear();
 
     dw.setFloating(true);
-    QTest::qWait(100);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(spy.count(), 1);
+    QCOMPARE(qvariant_cast<Qt::DockWidgetArea>(spy.at(0).at(0)),
+             Qt::NoDockWidgetArea);
+    spy.clear();
+
     dw.setFloating(false);
     QTRY_COMPARE(spy.count(), 1);
     QCOMPARE(qvariant_cast<Qt::DockWidgetArea>(spy.at(0).at(0)),