diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
index e2cb7fbf23..b75c2975b6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
@@ -581,14 +581,15 @@ typename QVector<T>::iterator QVector<T>::insert(iterator before, size_type n, c
 template <typename T>
 typename QVector<T>::iterator QVector<T>::erase(iterator abegin, iterator aend)
 {
-    if (abegin < d->begin())
-        abegin = d->begin();
-    if (aend > d->end())
-        aend = d->end();
+    const int itemsToErase = aend - abegin;
 
+    if (!itemsToErase)
+        return abegin;
+
+    Q_ASSERT(abegin >= d->begin());
+    Q_ASSERT(aend <= d->end());
     Q_ASSERT(abegin <= aend);
 
-    const int itemsToErase = aend - abegin;
     const int itemsUntouched = abegin - d->begin();
 
     // FIXME we could do a proper realloc, which copy constructs only needed data.
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp
index 56570b8e53..09d3051ca5 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp
@@ -796,16 +796,12 @@ void tst_QVector::eraseEmpty() const
 {
     {
         QVector<T> v;
-        v.erase(v.begin());
-        QCOMPARE(v.size(), 0);
         v.erase(v.begin(), v.end());
         QCOMPARE(v.size(), 0);
     }
     {
         QVector<T> v;
         v.setSharable(false);
-        v.erase(v.begin());
-        QCOMPARE(v.size(), 0);
         v.erase(v.begin(), v.end());
         QCOMPARE(v.size(), 0);
     }
@@ -836,8 +832,6 @@ void tst_QVector::eraseEmptyReserved() const
     {
         QVector<T> v;
         v.reserve(10);
-        v.erase(v.begin());
-        QCOMPARE(v.size(), 0);
         v.erase(v.begin(), v.end());
         QCOMPARE(v.size(), 0);
     }
@@ -845,8 +839,6 @@ void tst_QVector::eraseEmptyReserved() const
         QVector<T> v;
         v.reserve(10);
         v.setSharable(false);
-        v.erase(v.begin());
-        QCOMPARE(v.size(), 0);
         v.erase(v.begin(), v.end());
         QCOMPARE(v.size(), 0);
     }