diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
index 0ee8423edc..7012ca0869 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -905,13 +905,6 @@ static QtFontStyle *bestStyle(QtFontFoundry *foundry, const QtFontStyle::Key &st
     return foundry->styles[best];
 }
 
-enum {
-    FamilyMismatch      = 0x800000,
-    ScriptMismatch      = 0x080000,
-    PitchMismatch       = 0x004000,
-    StyleMismatch       = 0x002000,
-    BitmapScaledPenalty = 0x001000
-};
 
 static
 unsigned int bestFoundry(int script, unsigned int score, int styleStrategy,
@@ -1015,16 +1008,20 @@ unsigned int bestFoundry(int script, unsigned int score, int styleStrategy,
 
 
         unsigned int this_score = 0x0000;
-
+        enum {
+            PitchMismatch       = 0x4000,
+            StyleMismatch       = 0x2000,
+            BitmapScaledPenalty = 0x1000
+        };
         if (pitch != '*') {
             if ((pitch == 'm' && !family->fixedPitch)
                 || (pitch == 'p' && family->fixedPitch))
-                this_score |= PitchMismatch;
+                this_score += PitchMismatch;
         }
         if (styleKey != style->key)
-            this_score |= StyleMismatch;
+            this_score += StyleMismatch;
         if (!style->smoothScalable && px != size->pixelSize) // bitmap scaled
-            this_score |= BitmapScaledPenalty;
+            this_score += BitmapScaledPenalty;
         if (px != pixelSize) // close, but not exact, size match
             this_score += qAbs(px - pixelSize);
 
@@ -1109,14 +1106,11 @@ static int match(int script,
 
         if (!matchFamilyName(family_name, test.family))
             continue;
-        score &= ~FamilyMismatch;
-
         test.family->ensurePopulated();
 
         // Check if family is supported in the script we want
         if (writingSystem != QFontDatabase::Any && !familySupportsWritingSystem(test.family, writingSystem))
             continue;
-        score &= ~ScriptMismatch;
 
         // as we know the script is supported, we can be sure
         // to find a matching font here.
@@ -2416,7 +2410,7 @@ QFontEngine *QFontDatabasePrivate::findFont(const QFontDef &req,
     QList<int> blackListed;
     unsigned int score = UINT_MAX;
     int index = match(multi ? QChar::Script_Common : script, request, family_name, foundry_name, &desc, blackListed, &score);
-    if ((score & FamilyMismatch) && QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->fontDatabase()->populateFamilyAliases(family_name)) {
+    if (score > 0 && QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->fontDatabase()->populateFamilyAliases(family_name)) {
         // We populated family aliases (e.g. localized families), so try again
         index = match(multi ? QChar::Script_Common : script, request, family_name, foundry_name, &desc, blackListed);
     }