diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpdf_p.h b/src/gui/painting/qpdf_p.h
index 9b026576fc5..54d37b00a8b 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpdf_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpdf_p.h
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class Q_GUI_EXPORT QPdfEnginePrivate : public QPaintEnginePrivate
     int addXrefEntry(int object, bool printostr = true);
     void printString(QStringView string);
     void xprintf(const char* fmt, ...);
-    inline void write(const QByteArray &data) {
+    inline void write(QByteArrayView data) {
         stream->writeRawData(data.constData(), data.size());
         streampos += data.size();
     }