diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp
index 2e99bdbca4..152cac513c 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp
@@ -558,8 +558,8 @@ static QPair<QLibrary*, QLibrary*> loadOpenSsl()
 
 bool q_resolveOpenSslSymbols()
 {
-    static volatile bool symbolsResolved = false;
-    static volatile bool triedToResolveSymbols = false;
+    static bool symbolsResolved = false;
+    static bool triedToResolveSymbols = false;
 #ifndef QT_NO_THREAD
     QMutexLocker locker(QMutexPool::globalInstanceGet((void *)&q_SSL_library_init));
 #endif