diff --git a/src/lib/io/kurlmimedata.cpp b/src/lib/io/kurlmimedata.cpp
--- a/src/lib/io/kurlmimedata.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/io/kurlmimedata.cpp
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@
         MetaDataMap *metaData)
 {
     QList<QUrl> uris;
-    const char *firstMimeType = s_kdeUriListMime;
-    const char *secondMimeType = "text/uri-list";
+    QString firstMimeType = QString::fromLatin1(s_kdeUriListMime);
+    QString secondMimeType = QStringLiteral("text/uri-list");
     if (decodeOptions == PreferLocalUrls) {
-        qSwap(firstMimeType, secondMimeType);
+        std::swap(firstMimeType, secondMimeType);
     }
-    QByteArray ba = mimeData->data(QString::fromLatin1(firstMimeType));
-    if (ba.isEmpty()) {
+    QByteArray ba = mimeData->data(firstMimeType);
+    if (ba.isEmpty() || firstMimeType == QStringLiteral("text/uri-list")) {
         // Extracting uris from text/uri-list, use the much faster QMimeData method urls()
         if (mimeData->hasUrls()) {
             uris = mimeData->urls();