diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qsettings/tst_qsettings.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qsettings/tst_qsettings.cpp
index aec8d1b241..290d4ac240 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qsettings/tst_qsettings.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qsettings/tst_qsettings.cpp
@@ -2467,7 +2467,7 @@ void tst_QSettings::testEscapes()
         QString s = QSettingsPrivate::variantToString(v); \
         QCOMPARE(s, escStr); \
         QCOMPARE(QVariant(QSettingsPrivate::stringToVariant(escStr)), v); \
-        QVERIFY(val == v.func()); \
+        QVERIFY((val) == v.func());                                     \
     }
 
 #define testBadEscape(escStr, vStr) \