diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
index 67a19804a3..29a633f350 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ int QTextEngine::shapeTextWithHarfbuzzNG(const QScriptItem &si, const ushort *st
         // scaling the advances for this particular version
         if (actualFontEngine->fontDef.stretch != 100
                 && QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion != QSysInfo::MV_10_6) {
-            QFixed stretch = QFixed(actualFontEngine->fontDef.stretch) / QFixed(100);
+            QFixed stretch = QFixed(int(actualFontEngine->fontDef.stretch)) / QFixed(100);
             for (uint i = 0; i < num_glyphs; ++i)
                 g.advances[i] *= stretch;
         }