diff --git a/src/private/DragController.cpp b/src/private/DragController.cpp
index a077bfc8..71e6a542 100644
--- a/src/private/DragController.cpp
+++ b/src/private/DragController.cpp
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ bool DragController::onMouseEvent(View *w, QMouseEvent *me)
         if (auto fw = w->asFloatingWindowController()) {
             if (KDDockWidgets::usesNativeTitleBar() || fw->isInDragArea(Qt5Qt6Compat::eventGlobalPos(me))) {
                 m_nonClientDrag = true;
-                return activeState()->handleMouseButtonPress(draggableForQObject(w->asQObject()), Qt5Qt6Compat::eventGlobalPos(me), me->pos());
+                return activeState()->handleMouseButtonPress(draggableForView(w), Qt5Qt6Compat::eventGlobalPos(me), me->pos());
             }
         }
         return false;
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ bool DragController::onMouseEvent(View *w, QMouseEvent *me)
         // This also forbids dragging a FloatingWindow simply by pressing outside of the title area, in the background
         if (!KDDockWidgets::usesNativeDraggingAndResizing() || !w->isRootView()) {
             Q_ASSERT(activeState());
-            return activeState()->handleMouseButtonPress(draggableForQObject(w->asQObject()), Qt5Qt6Compat::eventGlobalPos(me), me->pos());
+            return activeState()->handleMouseButtonPress(draggableForView(w), Qt5Qt6Compat::eventGlobalPos(me), me->pos());
         } else
             break;
     case QEvent::MouseButtonRelease:
@@ -1033,10 +1033,10 @@ DropArea *DragController::dropAreaUnderCursor() const
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-Draggable *DragController::draggableForQObject(QObject *o) const
+Draggable *DragController::draggableForView(View *view) const
 {
     for (auto draggable : m_draggables)
-        if (draggable->asView()->asQObject() == o) {
+        if (draggable->asView()->equals(view)) {
             return draggable;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/private/DragController_p.h b/src/private/DragController_p.h
index b5cd17cb..77982692 100644
--- a/src/private/DragController_p.h
+++ b/src/private/DragController_p.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ private:
     DragController(QObject * = nullptr);
     StateBase *activeState() const;
     std::shared_ptr<View> qtTopLevelUnderCursor() const;
-    Draggable *draggableForQObject(QObject *o) const;
+    Draggable *draggableForView(View *) const;
     bool onDnDEvent(View *, QEvent *) override;
     bool onMoveEvent(View *) override;
     bool onMouseEvent(View *, QMouseEvent *) override;