diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qproperty_p.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qproperty_p.h
index 0e1c87f13d..111811134e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qproperty_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qproperty_p.h
@@ -456,8 +456,8 @@ public:
     {
         const QBindingStorage *storage = qGetBindingStorage(owner());
         // make sure we don't register this binding as a dependency to itself
-        if (!inBindingWrapper(storage))
-            storage->registerDependency(this);
+        if (storage->bindingStatus->currentlyEvaluatingBinding && !inBindingWrapper(storage))
+            storage->registerDependency_helper(this);
         return this->val;
     }
 
@@ -488,8 +488,8 @@ public:
         QBindingStorage *storage = qGetBindingStorage(owner());
         if (auto *bd = storage->bindingData(this)) {
             // make sure we don't remove the binding if called from the bindingWrapper
-            if (!inBindingWrapper(storage))
-                bd->removeBinding();
+            if (bd->hasBinding() && !inBindingWrapper(storage))
+                bd->removeBinding_helper();
         }
         this->val = t;
     }
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ public:
         QBindingStorage *storage = qGetBindingStorage(owner());
         if (auto *bd = storage->bindingData(this)) {
             // make sure we don't remove the binding if called from the bindingWrapper
-            if (!inBindingWrapper(storage))
-                bd->removeBinding();
+            if (bd->hasBinding() && !inBindingWrapper(storage))
+                bd->removeBinding_helper();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qpropertyprivate.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qpropertyprivate.h
index b11d10cd52..d3f384748a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qpropertyprivate.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qpropertyprivate.h
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 class QBindingStorage;
 
+template<typename Class, typename T, auto Offset, auto Setter, auto Signal>
+class QObjectCompatProperty;
+
 namespace QtPrivate {
 // QPropertyBindingPrivatePtr operates on a RefCountingMixin solely so that we can inline
 // the constructor and copy constructor
@@ -259,6 +262,10 @@ class Q_CORE_EXPORT QPropertyBindingData
     friend struct QT_PREPEND_NAMESPACE(QPropertyBindingDataPointer);
     friend class QT_PREPEND_NAMESPACE(QQmlPropertyBinding);
     friend struct QT_PREPEND_NAMESPACE(QPropertyDelayedNotifications);
+
+    template<typename Class, typename T, auto Offset, auto Setter, auto Signal>
+    friend class QT_PREPEND_NAMESPACE(QObjectCompatProperty);
+
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(QPropertyBindingData)
 public:
     QPropertyBindingData() = default;