diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp
index c625269ada..adac2f41da 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ inline void QLibraryStore::releaseLibrary(QLibraryPrivate *lib)
 QLibraryPrivate::QLibraryPrivate(const QString &canonicalFileName, const QString &version, QLibrary::LoadHints loadHints)
     : fileName(canonicalFileName), fullVersion(version), pluginState(MightBeAPlugin)
 {
-    loadHintsInt.storeRelaxed(loadHints);
+    loadHintsInt.storeRelaxed(loadHints.toInt());
     if (canonicalFileName.isEmpty())
         errorString = QLibrary::tr("The shared library was not found.");
 }
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ void QLibraryPrivate::mergeLoadHints(QLibrary::LoadHints lh)
     if (pHnd.loadRelaxed())
         return;
 
-    loadHintsInt.storeRelaxed(lh);
+    loadHintsInt.storeRelaxed(lh.toInt());
 }
 
 QFunctionPointer QLibraryPrivate::resolve(const char *symbol)
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_unix.cpp
index 0be3d43e3d..05b2c92284 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_unix.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ bool QLibraryPrivate::load_sys()
         suffixes = suffixes_sys(fullVersion);
     }
     int dlFlags = 0;
-    int loadHints = this->loadHints();
+    auto loadHints = this->loadHints();
     if (loadHints & QLibrary::ResolveAllSymbolsHint) {
         dlFlags |= RTLD_NOW;
     } else {