diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index fb818e37b8..241a77d057 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -3818,7 +3818,7 @@ QString::Data *QString::fromAscii_helper(const char *str, int size)
     return fromLatin1_helper(str, size);
 }
 
-/*!
+/*! \fn QString QString::fromLatin1(const char *str, int size)
     Returns a QString initialized with the first \a size characters
     of the Latin-1 string \a str.
 
@@ -3827,10 +3827,6 @@ QString::Data *QString::fromAscii_helper(const char *str, int size)
 
     \sa toLatin1(), fromAscii(), fromUtf8(), fromLocal8Bit()
 */
-QString QString::fromLatin1(const char *str, int size)
-{
-    return QString(fromLatin1_helper(str, size), 0);
-}
 
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
index 4e1e67bfa6..cccf275ffd 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
@@ -408,7 +408,11 @@ public:
     QVector<uint> toUcs4() const Q_REQUIRED_RESULT;
 
     static QString fromAscii(const char *, int size = -1);
-    static QString fromLatin1(const char *, int size = -1);
+    static inline QString fromLatin1(const char *str, int size = -1)
+    {
+        // make this inline so we can benefit from strlen() compile time optimization
+        return QString(fromLatin1_helper(str, (str && size == -1) ? int(strlen(str)) : size), 0);
+    }
     static QString fromUtf8(const char *, int size = -1);
     static QString fromLocal8Bit(const char *, int size = -1);
     static QString fromUtf16(const ushort *, int size = -1);