diff --git a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlthread/tst_qsqlthread.cpp b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlthread/tst_qsqlthread.cpp
index c21223886a8..5482dc393b8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlthread/tst_qsqlthread.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlthread/tst_qsqlthread.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public:
         for (int i = 0; i < ProdConIterations; ++i) {
             QVERIFY_SQL(q1, exec("select max(id) from " + qtest));
             q1.first();
-            q2.bindValue("id", q1.value(0));
+            q2.bindValue(":id", q1.value(0));
             q1.clear();
             QVERIFY_SQL(q2, exec());
             QThread::yieldCurrentThread();