diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qmetaobject.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qmetaobject.cpp
index c0675d6cf0..708cacdf6e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qmetaobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qmetaobject.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ QMetaMethod::invoke: Unable to handle unregistered datatype 'MyType'
 QString retVal;
 QByteArray normalizedSignature = QMetaObject::normalizedSignature("compute(QString, int, double)");
 int methodIndex = obj->metaObject()->indexOfMethod(normalizedSignature);
-QMetaMethod method = metaObject->method(methodIndex);
+QMetaMethod method = obj->metaObject()->method(methodIndex);
 method.invoke(obj,
               Qt::DirectConnection,
               Q_RETURN_ARG(QString, retVal),