diff --git a/tests/check-qdict.c b/tests/check-qdict.c
index 2e73c2f86e..08d4303e6a 100644
--- a/tests/check-qdict.c
+++ b/tests/check-qdict.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static void qdict_crumple_test_empty(void)
 
     src = qdict_new();
 
-    dst = (QDict *)qdict_crumple(src, &error_abort);
+    dst = qobject_to(QDict, qdict_crumple(src, &error_abort));
 
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_size(dst), ==, 0);