diff --git a/src/qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake b/src/qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake
index 81d434e951..6b2c922e3c 100644
--- a/src/qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/qml/Qt6QmlMacros.cmake
@@ -2275,8 +2275,9 @@ function(qt6_target_qml_sources target)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Unknown/unexpected arguments: ${arg_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}")
     endif()
 
-    if (NOT arg_QML_FILES AND NOT arg_RESOURCES)
-        if(NOT arg_NO_LINT)
+    get_target_property(no_lint ${target} QT_QML_MODULE_NO_LINT)
+    if(NOT arg_QML_FILES AND NOT arg_RESOURCES)
+        if(NOT arg_NO_LINT AND NOT no_lint)
             _qt_internal_target_enable_qmllint(${target})
         endif()
 
@@ -2295,7 +2296,6 @@ function(qt6_target_qml_sources target)
         )
     endif()
 
-    get_target_property(no_lint                ${target} QT_QML_MODULE_NO_LINT)
     get_target_property(no_cachegen            ${target} QT_QML_MODULE_NO_CACHEGEN)
     get_target_property(no_qmldir              ${target} QT_QML_MODULE_NO_GENERATE_QMLDIR)
     get_target_property(resource_prefix        ${target} QT_QML_MODULE_RESOURCE_PREFIX)