diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qshortcut.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qshortcut.cpp
index 9c3c51dd9a..cb2d08956b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qshortcut.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qshortcut.cpp
@@ -521,9 +521,9 @@ void QShortcut::setContext(Qt::ShortcutContext context)
     d->redoGrab(qApp->d_func()->shortcutMap);
 }
 
-Qt::ShortcutContext QShortcut::context()
+Qt::ShortcutContext QShortcut::context() const
 {
-    Q_D(QShortcut);
+    Q_D(const QShortcut);
     return d->sc_context;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qshortcut.h b/src/widgets/kernel/qshortcut.h
index e240ea8864..077028ccd3 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qshortcut.h
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qshortcut.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public:
     bool isEnabled() const;
 
     void setContext(Qt::ShortcutContext context);
-    Qt::ShortcutContext context();
+    Qt::ShortcutContext context() const;
 
     void setWhatsThis(const QString &text);
     QString whatsThis() const;