diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoafiledialoghelper.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoafiledialoghelper.mm
index 2b7b8109ad..a47b28700c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoafiledialoghelper.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoafiledialoghelper.mm
@@ -712,9 +712,8 @@ bool QCocoaFileDialogHelper::show(Qt::WindowFlags windowFlags, Qt::WindowModalit
 
 void QCocoaFileDialogHelper::createNSOpenSavePanelDelegate()
 {
-    if (mDelegate)
-        return;
     QCocoaAutoReleasePool pool;
+
     const SharedPointerFileDialogOptions &opts = options();
     const QList<QUrl> selectedFiles = opts->initiallySelectedFiles();
     const QUrl directory = mDir.isEmpty() ? opts->initialDirectory() : mDir;
@@ -726,6 +725,7 @@ void QCocoaFileDialogHelper::createNSOpenSavePanelDelegate()
             options:opts
             helper:this];
 
+    [static_cast<QNSOpenSavePanelDelegate *>(mDelegate) release];
     mDelegate = delegate;
 }