diff --git a/src/covermanager/albumcoverchoicecontroller.cpp b/src/covermanager/albumcoverchoicecontroller.cpp
index 60d0ede9c..6c3c16914 100644
--- a/src/covermanager/albumcoverchoicecontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/covermanager/albumcoverchoicecontroller.cpp
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ void AlbumCoverChoiceController::SaveCoverEmbeddedToCollectionSongs(const QStrin
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
   QFuture<SongList> future = QtConcurrent::run(&CollectionBackend::GetAlbumSongs, app_->collection_backend(), effective_albumartist, effective_album, CollectionFilterOptions());
 #else
-  QFuture<SongList> future = QtConcurrent::run(app_->collection_backend(), &CollectionBackend::GetAlbumSongs, effective_albumartist, effective_album, CollectionFilterOptions());
+  QFuture<SongList> future = QtConcurrent::run(&*app_->collection_backend(), &CollectionBackend::GetAlbumSongs, effective_albumartist, effective_album, CollectionFilterOptions());
 #endif
   QFutureWatcher<SongList> *watcher = new QFutureWatcher<SongList>();
   QObject::connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<SongList>::finished, this, [this, watcher, cover_filename, image_data, mime_type]() {
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlist.cpp b/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
index d9ed7d725..9a1b271e8 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ void Playlist::Restore() {
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
   QFuture<PlaylistItemPtrList> future = QtConcurrent::run(&PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistItems, backend_, id_);
 #else
-  QFuture<PlaylistItemPtrList> future = QtConcurrent::run(backend_, &PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistItems, id_);
+  QFuture<PlaylistItemPtrList> future = QtConcurrent::run(&*backend_, &PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistItems, id_);
 #endif
   QFutureWatcher<PlaylistItemPtrList> *watcher = new QFutureWatcher<PlaylistItemPtrList>();
   QObject::connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<PlaylistItemPtrList>::finished, this, &Playlist::ItemsLoaded);
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
index 6be5e6634..071de5e70 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void PlaylistManager::Save(const int id, const QString &filename, const Playlist
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
     QFuture<SongList> future = QtConcurrent::run(&PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistSongs, playlist_backend_, id);
 #else
-    QFuture<SongList> future = QtConcurrent::run(playlist_backend_, &PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistSongs, id);
+    QFuture<SongList> future = QtConcurrent::run(&*playlist_backend_, &PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistSongs, id);
 #endif
     QFutureWatcher<SongList> *watcher = new QFutureWatcher<SongList>();
     QObject::connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<SongList>::finished, this, [this, watcher, filename, path_type]() {