diff --git a/autotests/proxymodeltestsuite/modeltest.cpp b/autotests/proxymodeltestsuite/modeltest.cpp
index e5a17c2..8ef63a1 100644
--- a/autotests/proxymodeltestsuite/modeltest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/proxymodeltestsuite/modeltest.cpp
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void ModelTest::data()
     // Check that the alignment is one we know about
     QVariant textAlignmentVariant = model->data ( model->index ( 0, 0 ), Qt::TextAlignmentRole );
     if ( textAlignmentVariant.isValid() ) {
-        int alignment = textAlignmentVariant.toInt();
+        const auto alignment = textAlignmentVariant.toUInt();
         QCOMPARE( alignment, ( alignment & ( Qt::AlignHorizontal_Mask | Qt::AlignVertical_Mask ) ) );
     }