--- a/src/gui/image/qpixmap.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qpixmap.cpp
@@ -1821,7 +1821,6 @@ QPixmap QPixmap::fromImage(const QImage &image, Qt::ImageConversionFlags flags)
     QPixmapDataFactory *f = QPixmapDataFactory::instance();
     QPixmapData *data = f->create(QPixmapData::PixmapType);
     data->fromImage(image, flags);
-    data->ref.ref();
     return QPixmap(data);
 }