diff --git a/Modules/FindQt4.cmake b/Modules/FindQt4.cmake
index ea4d8f473..84196cce6 100644
--- a/Modules/FindQt4.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindQt4.cmake
@@ -538,6 +538,11 @@ endif ()
 
 if (QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE AND QTVERSION)
 
+  # set version variables
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "^([0-9]+)\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+.*" "\\1" QT_VERSION_MAJOR "${QTVERSION}")
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "^[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+)\\.[0-9]+.*" "\\1" QT_VERSION_MINOR "${QTVERSION}")
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" QT_VERSION_PATCH "${QTVERSION}")
+
   # ask qmake for the mkspecs directory
   # we do this first because QT_LIBINFIX might be set
   if (NOT QT_MKSPECS_DIR  OR  QT_QMAKE_CHANGED)
@@ -1174,11 +1179,6 @@ if (QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE AND QTVERSION)
 
   include("${_qt4_current_dir}/Qt4Macros.cmake")
 
-  # set version variables
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "^([0-9]+)\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+.*" "\\1" QT_VERSION_MAJOR "${QTVERSION}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "^[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+)\\.[0-9]+.*" "\\1" QT_VERSION_MINOR "${QTVERSION}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" QT_VERSION_PATCH "${QTVERSION}")
-
 endif()
 
 #support old QT_MIN_VERSION if set, but not if version is supplied by find_package()