diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguivariant.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qguivariant.cpp
index 2842211e1d..65f57aed84 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguivariant.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguivariant.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public:
 #ifndef QT_NO_ICON
     bool delegate(const QIcon *)
     {
-        return false;
+        return v_cast<QIcon>(Base::m_a)->cacheKey() == v_cast<QIcon>(Base::m_b)->cacheKey();
     }
 #endif
     bool delegate(const void *p) { return Base::delegate(p); }
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/black.png b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/black.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c94085ed5
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/black.png differ
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/black2.png b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/black2.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c94085ed5
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/black2.png differ
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/test.pro b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/test.pro
index d47cf7bf6f..86ab17d9cd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/test.pro
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ CONFIG += testcase
 CONFIG += parallel_test
 TARGET = tst_qguivariant
 SOURCES  += tst_qguivariant.cpp
+RESOURCES = tst_qguivariant.qrc
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/../../../../other/qvariant_common
 QT += testlib
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/tst_qguivariant.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/tst_qguivariant.cpp
index 6fdf3dc843..d5ec9fcfaa 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/tst_qguivariant.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/tst_qguivariant.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ private slots:
     void implicitConstruction();
 
     void guiVariantAtExit();
+
+    void iconEquality();
 };
 
 void tst_QGuiVariant::constructor_invalid_data()
@@ -702,5 +704,32 @@ void tst_QGuiVariant::guiVariantAtExit()
     QVERIFY(true);
 }
 
+void tst_QGuiVariant::iconEquality()
+{
+    QIcon i;
+    QVariant a = i;
+    QVariant b = i;
+    QCOMPARE(a, b);
+
+    i = QIcon(":/black.png");
+    a = i;
+    QVERIFY(a != b);
+
+    b = a;
+    QCOMPARE(a, b);
+
+    i = QIcon(":/black2.png");
+    a = i;
+    QVERIFY(a != b);
+
+    b = i;
+    QCOMPARE(a, b);
+
+    // This is a "different" QIcon
+    // even if the contents are the same
+    b = QIcon(":/black2.png");
+    QVERIFY(a != b);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QGuiVariant)
 #include "tst_qguivariant.moc"
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/tst_qguivariant.qrc b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/tst_qguivariant.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15cfde5788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguivariant/test/tst_qguivariant.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+<qresource prefix="/">
+<file>black.png</file>
+<file>black2.png</file>
+</qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget/tst_qtreewidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget/tst_qtreewidget.cpp
index 83ba1ddcda..d2625c400a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget/tst_qtreewidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget/tst_qtreewidget.cpp
@@ -1758,9 +1758,7 @@ void tst_QTreeWidget::setData()
                     QCOMPARE(qvariant_cast<QTreeWidgetItem*>(args.at(0)), item);
                     QCOMPARE(qvariant_cast<int>(args.at(1)), j);
                     item->setIcon(j, icon);
-                    // #### shouldn't cause dataChanged()
-                    QCOMPARE(itemChangedSpy.count(), 1);
-                    itemChangedSpy.clear();
+                    QCOMPARE(itemChangedSpy.count(), 0);
 
                     QString toolTip = QString("toolTip %0").arg(i);
                     item->setToolTip(j, toolTip);