diff --git a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
index 8bb78e1557..76543d1e9f 100644
--- a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ void QOpenGLTexture::setData(const QImage& image, MipMapGeneration genMipMaps)
     QImage glImage = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_RGBA8888);
     QOpenGLPixelTransferOptions uploadOptions;
     uploadOptions.setAlignment(1);
-    setData(0, QOpenGLTexture::RGBA, QOpenGLTexture::UInt8, glImage.bits(), &uploadOptions);
+    setData(0, QOpenGLTexture::RGBA, QOpenGLTexture::UInt8, glImage.constBits(), &uploadOptions);
 }
 
 /*!