diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp
index 4c74a0b834..b676df3b85 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp
@@ -163,9 +163,7 @@ QWindow::QWindow(QScreen *targetScreen)
     //if your applications aborts here, then chances are your creating a QWindow before the
     //screen list is populated.
     Q_ASSERT(d->screen);
-
-    connect(d->screen, SIGNAL(destroyed(QObject*)), this, SLOT(screenDestroyed(QObject*)));
-    QGuiApplicationPrivate::window_list.prepend(this);
+    d->init();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -188,8 +186,7 @@ QWindow::QWindow(QWindow *parent)
         d->screen = parent->screen();
     if (!d->screen)
         d->screen = QGuiApplication::primaryScreen();
-    connect(d->screen, SIGNAL(destroyed(QObject*)), this, SLOT(screenDestroyed(QObject*)));
-    QGuiApplicationPrivate::window_list.prepend(this);
+    d->init();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -214,8 +211,7 @@ QWindow::QWindow(QWindowPrivate &dd, QWindow *parent)
         d->screen = parent->screen();
     if (!d->screen)
         d->screen = QGuiApplication::primaryScreen();
-    connect(d->screen, SIGNAL(destroyed(QObject*)), this, SLOT(screenDestroyed(QObject*)));
-    QGuiApplicationPrivate::window_list.prepend(this);
+    d->init();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -233,6 +229,13 @@ QWindow::~QWindow()
     destroy();
 }
 
+void QWindowPrivate::init()
+{
+    Q_Q(QWindow);
+    QObject::connect(screen, SIGNAL(destroyed(QObject*)), q, SLOT(screenDestroyed(QObject*)));
+    QGuiApplicationPrivate::window_list.prepend(q);
+}
+
 /*!
     \enum QWindow::Visibility
     \since 5.1
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qwindow_p.h b/src/gui/kernel/qwindow_p.h
index 8ebbf5d508..4305edea51 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qwindow_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qwindow_p.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
+    void init();
+
     void maybeQuitOnLastWindowClosed();
 #ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
     void setCursor(const QCursor *c = 0);