diff --git a/plugins/platforms/x11/standalone/xinputintegration.cpp b/plugins/platforms/x11/standalone/xinputintegration.cpp
--- a/plugins/platforms/x11/standalone/xinputintegration.cpp
+++ b/plugins/platforms/x11/standalone/xinputintegration.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,32 @@
     return (val) * 1.0 / (1 << 16);
 }
 
+class GeEventMemMover
+{
+public:
+    GeEventMemMover(xcb_generic_event_t *event)
+        : m_event(reinterpret_cast<xcb_ge_generic_event_t *>(event))
+    {
+        // xcb event structs contain stuff that wasn't on the wire, the full_sequence field
+        // adds an extra 4 bytes and generic events cookie data is on the wire right after the standard 32 bytes.
+        // Move this data back to have the same layout in memory as it was on the wire
+        // and allow casting, overwriting the full_sequence field.
+        memmove((char*) m_event + 32, (char*) m_event + 36, m_event->length * 4);
+    }
+    ~GeEventMemMover()
+    {
+        // move memory layout back, so that Qt can do the same without breaking
+        memmove((char*) m_event + 36, (char *) m_event + 32, m_event->length * 4);
+    }
+
+    xcb_ge_generic_event_t *operator->() const {
+        return m_event;
+    }
+
+private:
+    xcb_ge_generic_event_t *m_event;
+};
+
 class XInputEventFilter : public X11EventFilter
 {
 public:
@@ -52,8 +78,7 @@
     virtual ~XInputEventFilter() = default;
 
     bool event(xcb_generic_event_t *event) override {
-        xcb_ge_generic_event_t *ge = reinterpret_cast<xcb_ge_generic_event_t *>(event);
-        xi2PrepareXIGenericDeviceEvent(ge);
+        GeEventMemMover ge(event);
         switch (ge->event_type) {
         case XI_RawKeyPress: {
             auto re = reinterpret_cast<xXIRawEvent*>(event);
@@ -118,7 +143,7 @@
             }
             break;
         case XI_TouchBegin: {
-            auto e = reinterpret_cast<xXIDeviceEvent*>(ge);
+            auto e = reinterpret_cast<xXIDeviceEvent*>(event);
             m_lastTouchPositions.insert(e->detail, QPointF(fixed1616ToReal(e->event_x), fixed1616ToReal(e->event_y)));
             break;
         }
@@ -175,14 +200,6 @@
         return m_x11Display;
     }
 
-    void xi2PrepareXIGenericDeviceEvent(xcb_ge_generic_event_t *event) {
-        // xcb event structs contain stuff that wasn't on the wire, the full_sequence field
-        // adds an extra 4 bytes and generic events cookie data is on the wire right after the standard 32 bytes.
-        // Move this data back to have the same layout in memory as it was on the wire
-        // and allow casting, overwriting the full_sequence field.
-        memmove((char*) event + 32, (char*) event + 36, event->length * 4);
-    }
-
     QPointer<X11Cursor> m_x11Cursor;
     Display *m_x11Display = nullptr;
     uint32_t m_trackingTouchId = 0;