1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/qml/jsapi/qjsvalue.cpp b/src/qml/jsapi/qjsvalue.cpp
index 9031187d7e..4035fb9fa6 100644
--- a/src/qml/jsapi/qjsvalue.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/jsapi/qjsvalue.cpp
@@ -712,11 +712,12 @@ void QJSValue::setPrototype(const QJSValue& prototype)
 */
 QJSValue& QJSValue::operator=(const QJSValue& other)
 {
-    if (d == other.d)
-        return *this;
-    d->deref();
-    d = other.d;
-    d->ref();
+    if (d != other.d) {
+        d->deref();
+        d = other.d;
+        d->ref();
+    }
+    return *this;
 }
 
 /*!