diff --git a/src/views/tooltips/dolphinfilemetadatawidget.cpp b/src/views/tooltips/dolphinfilemetadatawidget.cpp
index fdbf19ccdf..b147135bfd 100644
--- a/src/views/tooltips/dolphinfilemetadatawidget.cpp
+++ b/src/views/tooltips/dolphinfilemetadatawidget.cpp
@@ -81,9 +81,16 @@ void DolphinFileMetaDataWidget::setPreview(const QPixmap& pixmap)
 
 QPixmap DolphinFileMetaDataWidget::preview() const
 {
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 15, 0)
     if (m_preview->pixmap()) {
         return *m_preview->pixmap();
     }
+#else
+    if (!m_preview->pixmap(Qt::ReturnByValue).isNull()) {
+        return m_preview->pixmap(Qt::ReturnByValue);
+    }
+#endif
+
     return QPixmap();
 }