diff --git a/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp b/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp
index 211b3d3f02..a41aa8dfc8 100644
--- a/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp
+++ b/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp
@@ -884,12 +884,10 @@ QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateBuiltinExpand(
             evalError(fL1S("find(var, str) requires two arguments."));
         } else {
             QRegExp regx(args.at(1).toQString());
-            int t = 0;
             const auto vals = values(map(args.at(0)));
             for (const ProString &val : vals) {
-                if (regx.indexIn(val.toQString(m_tmp[t])) != -1)
+                if (regx.indexIn(val.toQString(m_tmp[m_toggle ^= 1])) != -1)
                     ret += val;
-                t ^= 1;
             }
         }
         break;
@@ -1387,12 +1385,10 @@ QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateBuiltinConditional(
                 copy.detach();
                 regx.setPattern(copy);
             }
-            int t = 0;
             const auto strings = vars.value(map(args.at(1)));
             for (const ProString &s : strings) {
-                if ((!regx.isEmpty() && regx.exactMatch(s.toQString(m_tmp[t]))) || s == qry)
+                if ((!regx.isEmpty() && regx.exactMatch(s.toQString(m_tmp[m_toggle ^= 1]))) || s == qry)
                     return ReturnTrue;
-                t ^= 1;
             }
         }
         return ReturnFalse;
@@ -1457,12 +1453,10 @@ QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateBuiltinConditional(
         }
         const ProStringList &l = values(map(args.at(0)));
         if (args.count() == 2) {
-            int t = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < l.size(); ++i) {
                 const ProString &val = l[i];
-                if ((!regx.isEmpty() && regx.exactMatch(val.toQString(m_tmp[t]))) || val == qry)
+                if ((!regx.isEmpty() && regx.exactMatch(val.toQString(m_tmp[m_toggle ^= 1]))) || val == qry)
                     return ReturnTrue;
-                t ^= 1;
             }
         } else {
             const auto &mutuals = args.at(2).toQStringRef().split(QLatin1Char('|'));
diff --git a/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index 8c93448d51..80cde1f6d0 100644
--- a/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ QMakeEvaluator::QMakeEvaluator(QMakeGlobals *option, QMakeParser *parser, QMakeV
     m_skipLevel = 0;
 #endif
     m_listCount = 0;
+    m_toggle = 0;
     m_valuemapStack.push(ProValueMap());
     m_valuemapInited = false;
 }
@@ -1638,12 +1639,10 @@ bool QMakeEvaluator::isActiveConfig(const QStringRef &config, bool regex)
             return true;
 
         // CONFIG variable
-        int t = 0;
         const auto configValues = values(statics.strCONFIG);
         for (const ProString &configValue : configValues) {
-            if (re.exactMatch(configValue.toQString(m_tmp[t])))
+            if (re.exactMatch(configValue.toQString(m_tmp[m_toggle ^= 1])))
                 return true;
-            t ^= 1;
         }
     } else {
         // mkspecs
diff --git a/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.h b/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.h
index fcac0388c7..5b346bd45e 100644
--- a/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.h
+++ b/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.h
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ public:
     QString m_outputDir;
 
     int m_listCount;
+    int m_toggle;
     bool m_valuemapInited;
     bool m_hostBuild;
     QString m_qmakespec;