diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qquickcanvas/tst_qquickcanvas.cpp b/tests/auto/quick/qquickcanvas/tst_qquickcanvas.cpp
index 3a27d179c5..7250504e73 100644
--- a/tests/auto/quick/qquickcanvas/tst_qquickcanvas.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qquickcanvas/tst_qquickcanvas.cpp
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ void tst_qquickcanvas::headless()
     canvas->show();
     QTest::qWaitForWindowShown(canvas);
 
-    QCOMPARE(initialized.size(), 1);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(initialized.size(), 1);
     QVERIFY(canvas->openglContext() != 0);
 
     // Verify that the visual output is the same