diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
index b51119c7ad..b27321b2a6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ inline void QUrlPrivate::setAuthority(const QString &auth, int from, int end, QU
 
         if (colonIndex == end - 1) {
             // found a colon but no digits after it
-            setError(PortEmptyError, auth, colonIndex + 1);
+            port = -1;
         } else if (uint(colonIndex) < uint(end)) {
             unsigned long x = 0;
             for (int i = colonIndex + 1; i < end; ++i) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp
index b284e5fc9c..eba058a13c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ private slots:
     void hostFlags_data();
     void hostFlags();
     void setPort();
+    void port_data();
+    void port();
     void toEncoded_data();
     void toEncoded();
     void setAuthority_data();
@@ -2205,8 +2207,6 @@ void tst_QUrl::strictParser_data()
     // FIXME: add some tests for prohibited BiDi (RFC 3454 section 6)
 
     // port errors happen in TolerantMode too
-    QTest::newRow("empty-port-1") << "http://example.com:" << "Port field was empty";
-    QTest::newRow("empty-port-2") << "http://example.com:/" << "Port field was empty";
     QTest::newRow("invalid-port-1") << "http://example.com:-1" << "Invalid port";
     QTest::newRow("invalid-port-2") << "http://example.com:abc" << "Invalid port";
     QTest::newRow("invalid-port-3") << "http://example.com:9a" << "Invalid port";
@@ -2783,6 +2783,31 @@ void tst_QUrl::setPort()
     }
 }
 
+void tst_QUrl::port_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("input");
+    QTest::addColumn<int>("port");
+
+    QTest::newRow("no-port-1")    << "http://example.com" << -1;
+    QTest::newRow("no-port-2")    << "http://example.com/" << -1;
+    QTest::newRow("empty-port-1") << "http://example.com:" << -1;
+    QTest::newRow("empty-port-2") << "http://example.com:/" << -1;
+    QTest::newRow("zero-port-1") << "http://example.com:0" << 0;
+    QTest::newRow("zero-port-2") << "http://example.com:0/" << 0;
+    QTest::newRow("set-port-1")   << "http://example.com:80" << 80;
+    QTest::newRow("set-port-2")   << "http://example.com:80/" << 80;
+}
+
+void tst_QUrl::port()
+{
+    QFETCH(QString, input);
+    QFETCH(int, port);
+
+    QUrl url(input);
+    QVERIFY(url.isValid());
+    QCOMPARE(url.port(), port);
+}
+
 void tst_QUrl::toEncoded_data()
 {
     QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("url");