diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index 1d8be6398c..16de80476f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ void QAbstractItemView::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event)
         && (event->source() != this|| !(event->possibleActions() & Qt::MoveAction)))
         return;
 
-    if (d_func()->canDecode(event)) {
+    if (d_func()->canDrop(event)) {
         event->accept();
         setState(DraggingState);
     } else {
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ void QAbstractItemView::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event)
     QModelIndex index = indexAt(event->pos());
     d->hover = index;
     if (!d->droppingOnItself(event, index)
-        && d->canDecode(event)) {
+        && d->canDrop(event)) {
 
         if (index.isValid() && d->showDropIndicator) {
             QRect rect = visualRect(index);
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ void QAbstractItemView::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event)
             }
         }
         d->viewport->update();
-    } // can decode
+    } // can drop
 
     if (d->shouldAutoScroll(event->pos()))
         startAutoScroll();
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h
index e04f08da36..c3bd1fb504 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public:
 #ifndef QT_NO_DRAGANDDROP
     virtual QAbstractItemView::DropIndicatorPosition position(const QPoint &pos, const QRect &rect, const QModelIndex &idx) const;
 
-    inline bool canDecode(QDropEvent *event) {
+    inline bool canDrop(QDropEvent *event) {
         QModelIndex index;
         int col = -1;
         int row = -1;
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
index a097228846..e7d18092f1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ void QListModeViewBase::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event)
                         ? intersectVector.last() : QModelIndex();
     dd->hover = index;
     if (!dd->droppingOnItself(event, index)
-        && dd->canDecode(event)) {
+        && dd->canDrop(event)) {
 
         if (index.isValid() && dd->showDropIndicator) {
             QRect rect = qq->visualRect(index);
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ void QListModeViewBase::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event)
             }
         }
         dd->viewport->update();
-    } // can decode
+    } // can drop
 
     if (dd->shouldAutoScroll(event->pos()))
         qq->startAutoScroll();
@@ -2757,7 +2757,7 @@ bool QIconModeViewBase::filterDragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent *e)
 
 bool QIconModeViewBase::filterDragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *e)
 {
-    if (e->source() != qq || !dd->canDecode(e))
+    if (e->source() != qq || !dd->canDrop(e))
         return false;
 
     // ignore by default