diff --git a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem_p.h b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem_p.h
index 4d1835f178..7e3a01ef8b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem_p.h
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public:
     virtual void resolvePalette(uint inheritedMask)
     {
         for (int i = 0; i < children.size(); ++i)
-            children.at(i)->d_ptr->resolveFont(inheritedMask);
+            children.at(i)->d_ptr->resolvePalette(inheritedMask);
     }
 
     virtual bool isProxyWidget() const;
diff --git a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp
index 1cd162e6bb..df74352e2b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp
@@ -1608,9 +1608,9 @@ void QGraphicsScenePrivate::updatePalette(const QPalette &palette)
     // whose parent is not a widget.
     foreach (QGraphicsItem *item, q->items()) {
         if (!item->parentItem()) {
-            // Resolvefont for an item is a noop operation, but
+            // ResolvePalette for an item is a noop operation, but
             // every item can be a widget, or can have a widget
-            // childre.
+            // children.
             item->d_ptr->resolvePalette(palette.resolve());
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem/tst_qgraphicsitem.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem/tst_qgraphicsitem.cpp
index c89b05616d..8847a5748f 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem/tst_qgraphicsitem.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsitem/tst_qgraphicsitem.cpp
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ private slots:
     void touchEventPropagation_data();
     void touchEventPropagation();
     void deviceCoordinateCache_simpleRotations();
+    void resolvePaletteForItemChildren();
 
     // task specific tests below me
     void task141694_textItemEnsureVisible();
@@ -11695,5 +11696,21 @@ void tst_QGraphicsItem::QTBUG_21618_untransformable_sceneTransform()
     QCOMPARE(item2_bottomright->deviceTransform(tx).map(QPointF()), QPointF(100, 300));
 }
 
+void tst_QGraphicsItem::resolvePaletteForItemChildren()
+{
+    QGraphicsScene scene;
+    QGraphicsRectItem item(0, 0, 50, -150);
+    scene.addItem(&item);
+    QGraphicsWidget widget;
+    widget.setParentItem(&item);
+
+    QColor green(Qt::green);
+    QPalette paletteForScene = scene.palette();
+    paletteForScene.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Window, green);
+    scene.setPalette(paletteForScene);
+
+    QCOMPARE(widget.palette().color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Window), green);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QGraphicsItem)
 #include "tst_qgraphicsitem.moc"