diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt5CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt5CoreMacros.cmake
index 089445a184..614b79ab88 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt5CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt5CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -217,29 +217,29 @@ endfunction()
 
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 2.8.9)
-    function(qt5_use_modules _target _link_type)
+    macro(qt5_use_modules _target _link_type)
         if (NOT TARGET ${_target})
             message(FATAL_ERROR "The first argument to qt5_use_modules must be an existing target.")
         endif()
         if ("${_link_type}" STREQUAL "LINK_PUBLIC" OR "${_link_type}" STREQUAL "LINK_PRIVATE" )
-            set(modules ${ARGN})
-            set(link_type ${_link_type})
+            set(_qt5_modules ${ARGN})
+            set(_qt5_link_type ${_link_type})
         else()
-            set(modules ${_link_type} ${ARGN})
+            set(_qt5_modules ${_link_type} ${ARGN})
         endif()
 
-        if ("${modules}" STREQUAL "")
+        if ("${_qt5_modules}" STREQUAL "")
             message(FATAL_ERROR "qt5_use_modules requires at least one Qt module to use.")
         endif()
 
-        foreach(_module ${modules})
+        foreach(_module ${_qt5_modules})
             if (NOT Qt5${_module}_FOUND)
                 find_package(Qt5${_module} PATHS ${_qt5_corelib_install_prefix} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
                 if (NOT Qt5${_module}_FOUND)
                     message(FATAL_ERROR "Can not use \"${_module}\" module which has not yet been found.")
                 endif()
             endif()
-            target_link_libraries(${_target} ${link_type} ${Qt5${_module}_LIBRARIES})
+            target_link_libraries(${_target} ${_qt5_link_type} ${Qt5${_module}_LIBRARIES})
             set_property(TARGET ${_target} APPEND PROPERTY INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${Qt5${_module}_INCLUDE_DIRS})
             set_property(TARGET ${_target} APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${Qt5${_module}_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS})
             set_property(TARGET ${_target} APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_RELEASE QT_NO_DEBUG)
@@ -248,5 +248,5 @@ if (NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 2.8.9)
                 set_property(TARGET ${_target} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ${Qt5_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE})
             endif()
         endforeach()
-    endfunction()
+    endmacro()
 endif()