diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter/tst_qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter/tst_qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp
index c683ecd424..55fff34a8e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter/tst_qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qsyntaxhighlighter/tst_qsyntaxhighlighter.cpp
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ void tst_QSyntaxHighlighter::avoidUnnecessaryRehighlight()
     QVERIFY(hl->highlighted);
 
     hl->highlighted = false;
-    QTRY_VERIFY(!hl->highlighted);
+    QCoreApplication::processEvents();
+    QVERIFY(!hl->highlighted);
 }
 
 void tst_QSyntaxHighlighter::avoidUnnecessaryDelayedRehighlight()