diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qkeysequenceedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qkeysequenceedit.cpp
index a2239f8c16..3dafb9396b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qkeysequenceedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qkeysequenceedit.cpp
@@ -283,9 +283,8 @@ void QKeySequenceEdit::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
     d->key[d->keyNum] = QKeyCombination::fromCombined(nextKey);
     d->keyNum++;
 
-    QKeySequence key(d->key[0], d->key[1], d->key[2], d->key[3]);
-    d->keySequence = key;
-    QString text = key.toString(QKeySequence::NativeText);
+    d->rebuildKeySequence();
+    QString text = d->keySequence.toString(QKeySequence::NativeText);
     if (d->keyNum < QKeySequencePrivate::MaxKeyCount) {
         //: This text is an "unfinished" shortcut, expands like "Ctrl+A, ..."
         text = tr("%1, ...").arg(text);
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qkeysequenceedit_p.h b/src/widgets/widgets/qkeysequenceedit_p.h
index 0ef664a21d..eaaaf63e8a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qkeysequenceedit_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qkeysequenceedit_p.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public:
     int translateModifiers(Qt::KeyboardModifiers state, const QString &text);
     void resetState();
     void finishEditing();
+    void rebuildKeySequence()
+    { keySequence = QKeySequence(key[0], key[1], key[2], key[3]); }
 
     QLineEdit *lineEdit;
     QKeySequence keySequence;