diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index f31f2f5256..cb40eae9a2 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -3821,7 +3821,7 @@ void QAbstractItemView::doAutoScroll()
     int horizontalValue = horizontalScroll->value();
 
     QPoint pos = d->viewport->mapFromGlobal(QCursor::pos());
-    QRect area = static_cast<QAbstractItemView*>(d->viewport)->d_func()->clipRect(); // access QWidget private by bending C++ rules
+    QRect area = QWidgetPrivate::get(d->viewport)->clipRect();
 
     // do the scrolling if we are in the scroll margins
     if (pos.y() - area.top() < margin)