diff --git a/qtbase/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp b/qtbase/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp
index 3fa2fba6..2c2831cf 100644
--- a/qtbase/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp
+++ b/qtbase/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ typedef struct tagTHREADNAME_INFO
 
 typedef HRESULT(WINAPI* SetThreadDescriptionFunc)(HANDLE, PCWSTR);
 
+#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
+
 // Helper function to set the thread name using RaiseException and __try
 static void setThreadNameUsingException(HANDLE threadId, LPCSTR threadName) {
     THREADNAME_INFO info;
@@ -256,6 +258,8 @@ static void setThreadNameUsingException(HANDLE threadId, LPCSTR threadName) {
     }
 }
 
+#endif // Q_CC_MSVC
+
 void qt_set_thread_name(HANDLE threadId, const QString &name)
 {
     HMODULE hKernel32 = GetModuleHandleW(L"Kernel32.dll");