diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
index ea2599fcf9..7375513303 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ void tst_QGraphicsProxyWidget::setWidget()
     QGraphicsScene scene;
     QGraphicsView view(&scene);
     view.show();
+    QScopedPointer<QStyle> style(QStyleFactory::create(QLatin1String("Fusion")));
     QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(&view));
     QPointer<SubQGraphicsProxyWidget> proxy = new SubQGraphicsProxyWidget;
     SubQGraphicsProxyWidget parentProxy;
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ void tst_QGraphicsProxyWidget::setWidget()
 #endif
     widget->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::magenta));
     widget->setLayoutDirection(Qt::RightToLeft);
-    widget->setStyle(QStyleFactory::create(QLatin1String("Fusion")));
+    widget->setStyle(style.data());
     widget->setFont(QFont("Times"));
     widget->setVisible(true);
     QApplication::setActiveWindow(widget);