diff --git a/src/plugins/accessible/widgets/simplewidgets.cpp b/src/plugins/accessible/widgets/simplewidgets.cpp
index 47a41b67bf..36e786ff6b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/accessible/widgets/simplewidgets.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/accessible/widgets/simplewidgets.cpp
@@ -815,6 +815,10 @@ QString QAccessibleLineEdit::text(int startOffset, int endOffset)
 {
     if (startOffset > endOffset)
         return QString();
+
+    if (lineEdit()->echoMode() != QLineEdit::Normal)
+        return QString();
+
     return lineEdit()->text().mid(startOffset, endOffset - startOffset);
 }