diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengineex.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengineex.cpp
index f3c9b92bae..812cb8c02d 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengineex.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengineex.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ const QVectorPath &qtVectorPathForPath(const QPainterPath &path)
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM
 QDebug Q_GUI_EXPORT &operator<<(QDebug &s, const QVectorPath &path)
 {
+    QDebugStateSaver saver(s);
     QRectF rf = path.controlPointRect();
     s << "QVectorPath(size:" << path.elementCount()
       << " hints:" << hex << path.hints()