diff --git a/src/corelib/tracing/qctf.cpp b/src/corelib/tracing/qctf.cpp
index 1dafa582d9..00a196c926 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tracing/qctf.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tracing/qctf.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 static bool s_initialized = false;
 static bool s_triedLoading = false;
 static bool s_prevent_recursion = false;
+static bool s_shutdown = false;
 static QCtfLib* s_plugin = nullptr;
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
@@ -59,18 +60,13 @@ static bool loadPlugin(bool &retry)
     s_plugin = qobject_cast<QCtfLib *>(loader.instance());
     if (!s_plugin)
         return false;
-    QObject *obj = loader.instance();
-    if (obj) {
-        QObject::connect(obj, &QObject::destroyed, []() {
-            s_plugin = nullptr;
-        });
-    }
+    s_plugin->shutdown(&s_shutdown);
     return true;
 }
 
 static bool initialize()
 {
-    if (s_prevent_recursion)
+    if (s_shutdown || s_prevent_recursion)
         return false;
     if (s_initialized || s_triedLoading)
         return s_initialized;
diff --git a/src/corelib/tracing/qctf_p.h b/src/corelib/tracing/qctf_p.h
index 0e39b74e9e..b8db869e09 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tracing/qctf_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tracing/qctf_p.h
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ public:
     virtual void doTracepoint(const QCtfTracePointEvent &point, const QByteArray &arr) = 0;
     virtual bool sessionEnabled() = 0;
     virtual QCtfTracePointPrivate *initializeTracepoint(const QCtfTracePointEvent &point) = 0;
+    virtual void shutdown(bool *shutdown) = 0;
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/plugins/tracing/qctflib.cpp b/src/plugins/tracing/qctflib.cpp
index c3fdeed660..bfbe6b2d87 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tracing/qctflib.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/tracing/qctflib.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ void QCtfLibImpl::cleanup()
 {
     if (s_instance)
         delete s_instance;
+    s_instance = nullptr;
 }
 
 QCtfLibImpl::QCtfLibImpl()
diff --git a/src/plugins/tracing/qctflib_p.h b/src/plugins/tracing/qctflib_p.h
index 081dda1d04..d92730ec57 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tracing/qctflib_p.h
+++ b/src/plugins/tracing/qctflib_p.h
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public:
     QCtfTracePointPrivate *initializeTracepoint(const QCtfTracePointEvent &point) override;
     void registerMetadata(const QCtfTraceMetadata &metadata);
     int eventId();
+    void shutdown(bool *) override
+    {
+
+    }
 
     static QCtfLib *instance();
     static void cleanup();
diff --git a/src/plugins/tracing/qctfplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/tracing/qctfplugin.cpp
index 8f2245bb28..daa2b3637e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tracing/qctfplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/tracing/qctfplugin.cpp
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ public:
     ~QCtfTracePlugin()
     {
         m_cleanup = true;
+        *m_shutdown = true;
         QCtfLibImpl::cleanup();
     }
-
+    void shutdown(bool *shutdown) override
+    {
+        m_shutdown = shutdown;
+    }
     bool tracepointEnabled(const QCtfTracePointEvent &point) override
     {
         if (m_cleanup)
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ public:
     }
 private:
     bool m_cleanup = false;
+    bool *m_shutdown = nullptr;
 };
 
 #include "qctfplugin.moc"