diff --git a/src/qml/qml/qqmlproperty.cpp b/src/qml/qml/qqmlproperty.cpp
index ba6a0971f2..53d810d7a6 100644
--- a/src/qml/qml/qqmlproperty.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/qml/qqmlproperty.cpp
@@ -428,13 +428,14 @@ void QQmlPropertyPrivate::initProperty(QObject *obj, const QString &name,
         if (result != end)
             *result = result->toUpper();
 
-        qWarning()
-                << terminalString
-                << "is not a properly capitalized signal handler name."
-                << handlerName
-                << "would be correct.";
-        if (findSignalInMetaObject(signalName.toUtf8()))
+        if (findSignalInMetaObject(signalName.toUtf8())) {
+            qWarning()
+                    << terminalString
+                    << "is not a properly capitalized signal handler name."
+                    << handlerName
+                    << "would be correct.";
             return;
+        }
     }
 
     if (ddata && ddata->propertyCache) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qqmlproperty/data/propertyStartsWithOn.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qqmlproperty/data/propertyStartsWithOn.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ced54a9ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qqmlproperty/data/propertyStartsWithOn.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import QtQml
+
+QtObject {
+    id: root
+    property int onlineStatus
+    property Binding b: Binding {
+        root.onlineStatus: 12
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qqmlproperty/tst_qqmlproperty.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qqmlproperty/tst_qqmlproperty.cpp
index bb335e5ad3..1d542ae3d2 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qqmlproperty/tst_qqmlproperty.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qqmlproperty/tst_qqmlproperty.cpp
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ private slots:
 
     void invalidateQPropertyChangeTriggers();
 
+    void propertyStartsWithOn();
+
 private:
     QQmlEngine engine;
 };
@@ -2589,6 +2591,18 @@ void tst_qqmlproperty::invalidateQPropertyChangeTriggers()
     }));
 }
 
+void tst_qqmlproperty::propertyStartsWithOn()
+{
+    QTest::failOnWarning("\"onlineStatus\" is not a properly capitalized signal handler name. "
+                         "\"onLineStatus\" would be correct.");
+    QQmlEngine engine;
+    QQmlComponent component(&engine, testFileUrl("propertyStartsWithOn.qml"));
+    QVERIFY2(component.isReady(), qPrintable(component.errorString()));
+    QScopedPointer<QObject> root(component.create());
+    QVERIFY(!root.isNull());
+    QCOMPARE(root->property("onlineStatus").toInt(), 12);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_qqmlproperty)
 
 #include "tst_qqmlproperty.moc"