diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreevent.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreevent.cpp
index 1623855d95a..abe4f9bbbaa 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreevent.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreevent.cpp
@@ -566,6 +566,14 @@ Q_IMPL_EVENT_COMMON(QTimerEvent)
     Qt::TimerId.
 */
 
+/*!
+    \fn QTimerEvent::matches(const QBasicTimer &timer) const
+    \since 6.9
+
+    Returns \c true if this timer event and \a timer have the same ID,
+    otherwise returns \c false.
+*/
+
 /*!
     \class QChildEvent
     \inmodule QtCore
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreevent.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreevent.h
index ae512a99b43..1f27da6cce5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreevent.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreevent.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #ifndef QCOREEVENT_H
 #define QCOREEVENT_H
 
+#include <QtCore/qbasictimer.h>
 #include <QtCore/qnamespace.h>
 #include <QtCore/qbytearray.h>
 #include <QtCore/qobjectdefs.h>
@@ -371,6 +372,8 @@ class Q_CORE_EXPORT QTimerEvent : public QEvent
 
     int timerId() const { return qToUnderlying(id()); }
     Qt::TimerId id() const { return m_id; }
+    bool matches(const QBasicTimer &timer) const noexcept
+    { return m_id == timer.id(); }
 
 protected:
     Qt::TimerId m_id;
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qchronotimer/tst_qchronotimer.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qchronotimer/tst_qchronotimer.cpp
index e963b1f018d..18b2c31331d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qchronotimer/tst_qchronotimer.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qchronotimer/tst_qchronotimer.cpp
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ class RestartedTimerFiresTooSoonObject : public QObject
 
     void timerEvent(QTimerEvent* ev) override
     {
-        if (ev->timerId() != m_timer.timerId())
+        if (!ev->matches(m_timer))
             return;
 
         m_timer.stop();