diff --git a/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase.cpp b/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase.cpp
index aa24ed4dcf..67d062bb9e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ bool QMimeDatabasePrivate::shouldCheck()
     return true;
 }
 
+static QStringList locateMimeDirectories()
+{
+    return QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("mime"), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
+}
+
 #if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_NACL) && !defined(Q_OS_INTEGRITY)
 #  define QT_USE_MMAP
 #endif
@@ -108,7 +113,7 @@ bool QMimeDatabasePrivate::shouldCheck()
 void QMimeDatabasePrivate::loadProviders()
 {
     // We use QStandardPaths every time to check if new files appeared
-    const QStringList mimeDirs = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("mime"), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
+    const QStringList mimeDirs = locateMimeDirectories();
     const auto fdoIterator = std::find_if(mimeDirs.constBegin(), mimeDirs.constEnd(), [](const QString &mimeDir) -> bool {
         return QFileInfo::exists(mimeDir + QLatin1String("/packages/freedesktop.org.xml")); }
     );
@@ -249,7 +254,7 @@ void QMimeDatabasePrivate::loadMimeTypePrivate(QMimeTypePrivate &mimePrivate)
             const QString file = mimePrivate.name + QLatin1String(".xml");
             qWarning() << "No file found for" << file << ", even though update-mime-info said it would exist.\n"
                           "Either it was just removed, or the directory doesn't have executable permission..."
-                       << QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("mime"), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
+                       << locateMimeDirectories();
         }
         mimePrivate.loaded = true;
     }