diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
index a4957472ec..c95882d48f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
@@ -801,7 +801,8 @@ namespace QtPrivate {
         static QVariantList invoke(const QVariant &v)
         {
             const int typeId = v.userType();
-            if (typeId == qMetaTypeId<QStringList>() || typeId == qMetaTypeId<QByteArrayList>() || QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QtMetaTypePrivate::QSequentialIterableImpl>())) {
+            if (typeId == qMetaTypeId<QStringList>() || typeId == qMetaTypeId<QByteArrayList>() ||
+                (QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QtMetaTypePrivate::QSequentialIterableImpl>()) && !QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QVariantList>()))) {
                 QSequentialIterable iter = QVariantValueHelperInterface<QSequentialIterable>::invoke(v);
                 QVariantList l;
                 l.reserve(iter.size());
@@ -818,7 +819,7 @@ namespace QtPrivate {
         static QVariantHash invoke(const QVariant &v)
         {
             const int typeId = v.userType();
-            if (typeId == qMetaTypeId<QVariantMap>() || QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QtMetaTypePrivate::QAssociativeIterableImpl>())) {
+            if (typeId == qMetaTypeId<QVariantMap>() || ((QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QtMetaTypePrivate::QAssociativeIterableImpl>())) && !QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QVariantHash>()))) {
                 QAssociativeIterable iter = QVariantValueHelperInterface<QAssociativeIterable>::invoke(v);
                 QVariantHash l;
                 l.reserve(iter.size());
@@ -835,7 +836,7 @@ namespace QtPrivate {
         static QVariantMap invoke(const QVariant &v)
         {
             const int typeId = v.userType();
-            if (typeId == qMetaTypeId<QVariantHash>() || QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QtMetaTypePrivate::QAssociativeIterableImpl>())) {
+            if (typeId == qMetaTypeId<QVariantHash>() || (QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QtMetaTypePrivate::QAssociativeIterableImpl>()) && !QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QVariantMap>()))) {
                 QAssociativeIterable iter = QVariantValueHelperInterface<QAssociativeIterable>::invoke(v);
                 QVariantMap l;
                 for (QAssociativeIterable::const_iterator it = iter.begin(), end = iter.end(); it != end; ++it)
@@ -851,10 +852,8 @@ namespace QtPrivate {
         static QPair<QVariant, QVariant> invoke(const QVariant &v)
         {
             const int typeId = v.userType();
-            if (typeId == qMetaTypeId<QPair<QVariant, QVariant> >())
-                return QVariantValueHelper<QPair<QVariant, QVariant> >::invoke(v);
 
-            if (QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QtMetaTypePrivate::QPairVariantInterfaceImpl>())) {
+            if (QMetaType::hasRegisteredConverterFunction(typeId, qMetaTypeId<QtMetaTypePrivate::QPairVariantInterfaceImpl>()) && !(typeId == qMetaTypeId<QPair<QVariant, QVariant> >())) {
                 QtMetaTypePrivate::QPairVariantInterfaceImpl pi = v.value<QtMetaTypePrivate::QPairVariantInterfaceImpl>();
 
                 const QtMetaTypePrivate::VariantData d1 = pi.first();
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
index e719871128..45eb61f6e4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ private slots:
     void fromStdVariant();
     void qt4UuidDataStream();
 
+    void preferDirectConversionOverInterfaces();
+
 private:
     void dataStream_data(QDataStream::Version version);
     void loadQVariantFromDataStream(QDataStream::Version version);
@@ -5140,5 +5142,47 @@ void tst_QVariant::qt4UuidDataStream()
     QCOMPARE(result.value<QUuid>(), source);
 }
 
+void tst_QVariant::preferDirectConversionOverInterfaces()
+{
+    using namespace QtMetaTypePrivate;
+    bool calledCorrectConverter = false;
+    QMetaType::registerConverter<MyType, QSequentialIterableImpl>([](const MyType &) {
+        return QSequentialIterableImpl {};
+    });
+    QMetaType::registerConverter<MyType, QVariantList>([&calledCorrectConverter](const MyType &) {
+        calledCorrectConverter = true;
+        return QVariantList {};
+    });
+    QMetaType::registerConverter<MyType, QAssociativeIterableImpl>([](const MyType &) {
+        return QAssociativeIterableImpl {};
+    });
+    QMetaType::registerConverter<MyType, QVariantHash>([&calledCorrectConverter](const MyType &) {
+        calledCorrectConverter = true;
+        return QVariantHash {};
+    });
+    QMetaType::registerConverter<MyType, QVariantMap>([&calledCorrectConverter](const MyType &) {
+        calledCorrectConverter = true;
+        return QVariantMap {};
+    });
+    auto holder = QVariant::fromValue(MyType {});
+
+    QVERIFY(holder.canConvert<QSequentialIterableImpl>());
+    QVERIFY(holder.canConvert<QVariantList>());
+    QVERIFY(holder.canConvert<QAssociativeIterableImpl>());
+    QVERIFY(holder.canConvert<QVariantHash>());
+    QVERIFY(holder.canConvert<QVariantMap>());
+
+    holder.value<QVariantList>();
+    QVERIFY(calledCorrectConverter);
+    calledCorrectConverter = false;
+
+    holder.value<QVariantHash>();
+    QVERIFY(calledCorrectConverter);
+    calledCorrectConverter = false;
+
+    holder.value<QVariantMap>();
+    QVERIFY(calledCorrectConverter);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QVariant)
 #include "tst_qvariant.moc"