diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection.cpp
index b4004eae14..90cde6654f 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection.cpp
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ void QHttpNetworkConnectionPrivate::_q_hostLookupFinished(QHostInfo info)
     bool bIpv6 = false;
     bool foundAddress = false;
 
-    foreach (QHostAddress address, info.addresses()) {
+    foreach (const QHostAddress &address, info.addresses()) {
         if (address.protocol() == QAbstractSocket::IPv4Protocol) {
             if (!foundAddress) {
                 foundAddress = true;
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qabstractsocket.cpp b/src/network/socket/qabstractsocket.cpp
index 91f10a0127..f84153a7bd 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qabstractsocket.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qabstractsocket.cpp
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ void QAbstractSocketPrivate::_q_startConnecting(const QHostInfo &hostInfo)
     if (preferredNetworkLayerProtocol == QAbstractSocket::UnknownNetworkLayerProtocol || preferredNetworkLayerProtocol == QAbstractSocket::AnyIPProtocol) {
         addresses = hostInfo.addresses();
     } else {
-        foreach (QHostAddress address, hostInfo.addresses())
+        foreach (const QHostAddress &address, hostInfo.addresses())
             if (address.protocol() == preferredNetworkLayerProtocol)
                 addresses += address;
     }