diff --git a/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine.cpp b/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine.cpp
index b796934199..3f7c0d94e1 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ bool QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::checkProxy(const QHostAddress &address)
         // QNetworkProxyQuery).
         QNetworkProxyQuery query;
         query.setQueryType(queryType);
-        proxy = QNetworkProxyFactory::systemProxyForQuery(query).constFirst();
+        proxy = QNetworkProxyFactory::proxyForQuery(query).constFirst();
     }
 
     if (proxy.type() != QNetworkProxy::DefaultProxy &&