diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
index 07211fe2ea..6e2c0cb9ea 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
@@ -3926,7 +3926,7 @@ void QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::checkToken()
 
     if (!ok) {
         raiseError(QXmlStreamReader::UnexpectedElementError,
-                   QObject::tr("Unexpected token type %1 in %2.")
+                   QXmlStream::tr("Unexpected token type %1 in %2.")
                    .arg(q->tokenString(), contextString(context)));
         return;
     }
@@ -3937,7 +3937,7 @@ void QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::checkToken()
     // Raise error on multiple DTD tokens
     if (foundDTD) {
         raiseError(QXmlStreamReader::UnexpectedElementError,
-                   QObject::tr("Found second DTD token in %1.").arg(contextString(context)));
+                   QXmlStream::tr("Found second DTD token in %1.").arg(contextString(context)));
     } else {
         foundDTD = true;
     }