diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qcborvalue.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qcborvalue.cpp
index ebb3665e0c..c45a09ad99 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qcborvalue.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qcborvalue.cpp
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ QCborContainerPrivate *QCborContainerPrivate::grow(QCborContainerPrivate *d, qsi
     d = detach(d, index + 1);
     Q_ASSERT(d);
     int j = d->elements.size();
-    while (j < index)
+    while (j++ < index)
         d->append(Undefined());
     return d;
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/qcborvalue/tst_qcborvalue.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/qcborvalue/tst_qcborvalue.cpp
index c70518fbee..05cf199abe 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/qcborvalue/tst_qcborvalue.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/qcborvalue/tst_qcborvalue.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ private slots:
     void arrayEmptyDetach();
     void arrayInitializerList();
     void arrayMutation();
+    void arrayMutateWithCopies();
     void arrayPrepend();
     void arrayInsertRemove_data() { basics_data(); }
     void arrayInsertRemove();
@@ -817,6 +818,59 @@ void tst_QCborValue::arrayMutation()
     QCOMPARE(val[2].toArray().size(), 5);
 }
 
+void tst_QCborValue::arrayMutateWithCopies()
+{
+    {
+        QCborArray array;
+        array.append("TEST");
+        QCOMPARE(array.size(), 1);
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(0), "TEST");
+
+        array.append(array.at(0));
+        QCOMPARE(array.size(), 2);
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(0), "TEST");
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(1), "TEST");
+    }
+    {
+        QCborArray array;
+        array.append("TEST");
+        QCOMPARE(array.size(), 1);
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(0), "TEST");
+
+        // same as previous, but with prepend() not append()
+        array.prepend(array.at(0));
+        QCOMPARE(array.size(), 2);
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(0), "TEST");
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(1), "TEST");
+    }
+    {
+        QCborArray array;
+        array.append("TEST");
+        QCOMPARE(array.size(), 1);
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(0), "TEST");
+
+        // same as previous, but using a QCborValueRef
+        QCborValueRef rv = array[0];
+        array.prepend(rv);
+        QCOMPARE(array.size(), 2);
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(0), "TEST");
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(1), "TEST");
+    }
+    {
+        QCborArray array;
+        array.append("TEST");
+        QCOMPARE(array.size(), 1);
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(0), "TEST");
+
+        // same as previous, but now extending the array
+        QCborValueRef rv = array[0];
+        array[2] = rv;
+        QCOMPARE(array.size(), 3);
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(0), "TEST");
+        QCOMPARE(array.at(2), "TEST");
+    }
+}
+
 void tst_QCborValue::mapMutation()
 {
     QCborMap m;