diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qevent.h b/src/gui/kernel/qevent.h
index 66e650c42d..cd65485397 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qevent.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qevent.h
@@ -908,6 +908,9 @@ protected:
     friend class QGuiApplicationPrivate;
     friend class QApplication;
     friend class QApplicationPrivate;
+#ifndef QT_NO_GRAPHICSVIEW
+    friend class QGraphicsScenePrivate; // direct access to _touchPoints
+#endif
 };
 Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(QTouchEvent::TouchPoint, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(QTouchEvent::TouchPoint::InfoFlags)
diff --git a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp
index 77bc8d4fcd..75ec8a3223 100644
--- a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp
@@ -5834,14 +5834,11 @@ void QGraphicsScenePrivate::removeView(QGraphicsView *view)
 
 void QGraphicsScenePrivate::updateTouchPointsForItem(QGraphicsItem *item, QTouchEvent *touchEvent)
 {
-    QList<QTouchEvent::TouchPoint> touchPoints = touchEvent->touchPoints();
-    for (int i = 0; i < touchPoints.count(); ++i) {
-        QTouchEvent::TouchPoint &touchPoint = touchPoints[i];
+    for (auto &touchPoint : touchEvent->_touchPoints) {
         touchPoint.setRect(item->mapFromScene(touchPoint.sceneRect()).boundingRect());
         touchPoint.setStartPos(item->d_ptr->genericMapFromScene(touchPoint.startScenePos(), static_cast<QWidget *>(touchEvent->target())));
         touchPoint.setLastPos(item->d_ptr->genericMapFromScene(touchPoint.lastScenePos(), static_cast<QWidget *>(touchEvent->target())));
     }
-    touchEvent->setTouchPoints(touchPoints);
 }
 
 int QGraphicsScenePrivate::findClosestTouchPointId(const QPointF &scenePos)