diff --git a/widgets/icon.cpp b/widgets/icon.cpp
index da1fce5b4..0794fd542 100644
--- a/widgets/icon.cpp
+++ b/widgets/icon.cpp
@@ -978,7 +978,8 @@ void Icon::setText(const QString& text)
     d->currentSize = QSizeF(-1, -1);
     //try to relayout, needed if an icon was never shown before
     if (!isVisible()) {
-        layoutIcons(new QStyleOptionGraphicsItem);
+        QStyleOptionGraphicsItem styleoption;
+        layoutIcons(&styleoption);
     }
     resize(sizeFromIconSize(d->iconSize.width()));
 }