diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslerror.cpp b/src/network/ssl/qsslerror.cpp
index 5e935adf09..6a4cef22ed 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslerror.cpp
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslerror.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(7, 0, 0)
+// Avoid an ABI break due to the QScopedPointer->std::unique_ptr change
+static_assert(sizeof(QScopedPointer<QSslErrorPrivate>) == sizeof(std::unique_ptr<QSslErrorPrivate>));
+#endif
+
 class QSslErrorPrivate
 {
 public:
@@ -163,7 +168,7 @@ QSslError::QSslError(SslError error, const QSslCertificate &certificate)
 QSslError::QSslError(const QSslError &other)
     : d(new QSslErrorPrivate)
 {
-    *d.data() = *other.d.data();
+    *d.get() = *other.d.get();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ QSslError::~QSslError()
 */
 QSslError &QSslError::operator=(const QSslError &other)
 {
-    *d.data() = *other.d.data();
+    *d.get() = *other.d.get();
     return *this;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslerror.h b/src/network/ssl/qsslerror.h
index f135dd10b7..a5865a5a33 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslerror.h
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslerror.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 #include <QtCore/qvariant.h>
 #include <QtNetwork/qsslcertificate.h>
 
+#include <memory>
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ public:
     QSslCertificate certificate() const;
 
 private:
-    QScopedPointer<QSslErrorPrivate> d;
+    // ### Qt 7: make QSslError implicitly shared
+    std::unique_ptr<QSslErrorPrivate> d;
 };
 Q_DECLARE_SHARED(QSslError)