diff --git a/src/dbus/qdbusabstractinterface.cpp b/src/dbus/qdbusabstractinterface.cpp
index 53def1beb6..0b584963ee 100644
--- a/src/dbus/qdbusabstractinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/dbus/qdbusabstractinterface.cpp
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ QDBusAbstractInterface::QDBusAbstractInterface(QDBusAbstractInterfacePrivate &d,
     if (d.isValid &&
         d.connection.isConnected()
         && !d.service.isEmpty()
-        && !d.service.startsWith(QLatin1Char(':')))
+        && !d.service.startsWith(QLatin1Char(':'))
+        && d.connectionPrivate()->mode != QDBusConnectionPrivate::PeerMode)
         d_func()->connection.connect(QLatin1String(DBUS_SERVICE_DBUS), // service
                                      QString(), // path
                                      QLatin1String(DBUS_INTERFACE_DBUS), // interface
@@ -313,7 +314,8 @@ QDBusAbstractInterface::QDBusAbstractInterface(const QString &service, const QSt
     if (d_func()->isValid &&
         d_func()->connection.isConnected()
         && !service.isEmpty()
-        && !service.startsWith(QLatin1Char(':')))
+        && !service.startsWith(QLatin1Char(':'))
+        && d_func()->connectionPrivate()->mode != QDBusConnectionPrivate::PeerMode)
         d_func()->connection.connect(QLatin1String(DBUS_SERVICE_DBUS), // service
                                      QString(), // path
                                      QLatin1String(DBUS_INTERFACE_DBUS), // interface
@@ -340,7 +342,13 @@ QDBusAbstractInterface::~QDBusAbstractInterface()
 */
 bool QDBusAbstractInterface::isValid() const
 {
-    return !d_func()->currentOwner.isEmpty();
+    Q_D(const QDBusAbstractInterface);
+    /* We don't retrieve the owner name for peer connections */
+    if (d->connectionPrivate() && d->connectionPrivate()->mode == QDBusConnectionPrivate::PeerMode) {
+        return d->isValid;
+    } else {
+        return !d->currentOwner.isEmpty();
+    }
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/tests/auto/dbus/qdbusabstractinterface/tst_qdbusabstractinterface.cpp b/tests/auto/dbus/qdbusabstractinterface/tst_qdbusabstractinterface.cpp
index 308e12b9ab..5f3cf539e9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/dbus/qdbusabstractinterface/tst_qdbusabstractinterface.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/dbus/qdbusabstractinterface/tst_qdbusabstractinterface.cpp
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ class tst_QDBusAbstractInterface: public QObject
         return Pinger(new com::trolltech::QtDBus::Pinger(service, path, con));
     }
 
-    Pinger getPingerPeer(const QString &path = "/")
+    Pinger getPingerPeer(const QString &path = "/", const QString &service = "")
     {
         QDBusConnection con = QDBusConnection("peer");
         if (!con.isConnected())
             return Pinger();
-        return Pinger(new com::trolltech::QtDBus::Pinger("", path, con));
+        return Pinger(new com::trolltech::QtDBus::Pinger(service, path, con));
     }
 
     void resetServer()
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ private slots:
     void directPropertyReadErrorsPeer();
     void directPropertyWriteErrorsPeer_data();
     void directPropertyWriteErrorsPeer();
+
+    void validity_data();
+    void validity();
+
 private:
     QProcess proc;
 };
@@ -1381,5 +1385,23 @@ void tst_QDBusAbstractInterface::directPropertyWriteErrorsPeer()
     QTEST(p->lastError().name(), "errorName");
 }
 
+void tst_QDBusAbstractInterface::validity_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("service");
+
+    QTest::newRow("null-service") << "";
+    QTest::newRow("ignored-service") << "org.example.anyservice";
+}
+
+void tst_QDBusAbstractInterface::validity()
+{
+    /* Test case for QTBUG-32374 */
+    QFETCH(QString, service);
+    Pinger p = getPingerPeer("/", service);
+    QVERIFY2(p, "Not connected to D-Bus");
+
+    QVERIFY(p->isValid());
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QDBusAbstractInterface)
 #include "tst_qdbusabstractinterface.moc"