diff --git a/kcms/touchpad/src/backends/x11/libinputtouchpad.cpp b/kcms/touchpad/src/backends/x11/libinputtouchpad.cpp
--- a/kcms/touchpad/src/backends/x11/libinputtouchpad.cpp
+++ b/kcms/touchpad/src/backends/x11/libinputtouchpad.cpp
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
 
 XcbAtom &LibinputTouchpad::touchpadOffAtom()
 {
-    return *m_atoms[QLatin1Literal("enabled")].data();
+    return *m_atoms[QLatin1String(LIBINPUT_PROP_SENDEVENTS_ENABLED)].data();
 }
 
 template<typename T>