diff --git a/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp b/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp
index 28011fb84..1c7f34558 100644
--- a/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp
+++ b/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ void ScrollWidget::wheelEvent(QGraphicsSceneWheelEvent *event)
 {
     event->accept();
     d->wheelReleaseEvent( event );
-    QGraphicsWidget::wheelEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool ScrollWidget::eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event)