diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.h b/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.h
index 60d429d707..cfcd89333b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.h
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class QByteArray;
 class QIODevice;
 
 template <typename T> class QList;
-template <typename T> class QLinkedList;
 template <typename T> class QVector;
 template <typename T> class QSet;
 template <class Key, class T> class QHash;
@@ -407,18 +406,6 @@ inline QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &s, const QList<T> &l)
     return QtPrivate::writeSequentialContainer(s, l);
 }
 
-template <typename T>
-inline QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &s, QLinkedList<T> &l)
-{
-    return QtPrivate::readListBasedContainer(s, l);
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-inline QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &s, const QLinkedList<T> &l)
-{
-    return QtPrivate::writeSequentialContainer(s, l);
-}
-
 template<typename T>
 inline QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &s, QVector<T> &v)
 {
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qlinkedlist.h b/src/corelib/tools/qlinkedlist.h
index 8994449fbf..1f6d537b18 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qlinkedlist.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qlinkedlist.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/qiterator.h>
 #include <QtCore/qrefcount.h>
 #include <QtCore/qcontainertools_impl.h>
+#include <QtCore/qdatastream.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <initializer_list>
@@ -561,6 +562,20 @@ QLinkedList<T> QLinkedList<T>::operator+(const QLinkedList<T> &l) const
 Q_DECLARE_SEQUENTIAL_ITERATOR(LinkedList)
 Q_DECLARE_MUTABLE_SEQUENTIAL_ITERATOR(LinkedList)
 
+#ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
+template <typename T>
+inline QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &s, QLinkedList<T> &l)
+{
+    return QtPrivate::readListBasedContainer(s, l);
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+inline QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &s, const QLinkedList<T> &l)
+{
+    return QtPrivate::writeSequentialContainer(s, l);
+}
+#endif
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif // QLINKEDLIST_H