diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonparser.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonparser.cpp
index 0a2be759c91..ba4887225d8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonparser.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonparser.cpp
@@ -15,14 +15,18 @@
 
 //#define PARSER_DEBUG
 #ifdef PARSER_DEBUG
+#  error currently broken after `current` was moved to StashedContainer
 Q_CONSTINIT static int indent = 0;
-#define BEGIN qDebug() << QByteArray(4*indent++, ' ').constData() << "pos=" << current
-#define END --indent
-#define DEBUG qDebug() << QByteArray(4*indent, ' ').constData()
+#  define QT_PARSER_TRACING_BEGIN \
+      qDebug() << QByteArray(4 * indent++, ' ').constData() << "pos=" << current
+#  define QT_PARSER_TRACING_END --indent
+#  define QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG qDebug() << QByteArray(4 * indent, ' ').constData()
 #else
-#define BEGIN if (1) ; else qDebug()
-#define END do {} while (0)
-#define DEBUG if (1) ; else qDebug()
+#  define QT_PARSER_TRACING_BEGIN QT_NO_QDEBUG_MACRO()
+#  define QT_PARSER_TRACING_END \
+      do {                      \
+      } while (0)
+#  define QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG QT_NO_QDEBUG_MACRO()
 #endif
 
 static const int nestingLimit = 1024;
@@ -301,7 +305,7 @@ QCborValue Parser::parse(QJsonParseError *error)
 
     QCborValue data;
 
-    DEBUG << Qt::hex << (uint)token;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << Qt::hex << (uint)token;
     if (token == BeginArray) {
         container = new QCborContainerPrivate;
         if (!parseArray())
@@ -325,7 +329,7 @@ QCborValue Parser::parse(QJsonParseError *error)
         goto error;
     }
 
-    END;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
     {
         if (error) {
             error->offset = 0;
@@ -457,7 +461,7 @@ bool Parser::parseObject()
         return false;
     }
 
-    BEGIN << "parseObject" << json;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_BEGIN << "parseObject" << json;
 
     char token = nextToken();
     while (token == Quote) {
@@ -475,13 +479,13 @@ bool Parser::parseObject()
         }
     }
 
-    DEBUG << "end token=" << token;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "end token=" << token;
     if (token != EndObject) {
         lastError = QJsonParseError::UnterminatedObject;
         return false;
     }
 
-    END;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
 
     --nestingLevel;
 
@@ -495,7 +499,7 @@ bool Parser::parseObject()
 */
 bool Parser::parseMember()
 {
-    BEGIN << "parseMember";
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_BEGIN << "parseMember";
 
     if (!parseString())
         return false;
@@ -511,7 +515,7 @@ bool Parser::parseMember()
     if (!parseValue())
         return false;
 
-    END;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -520,7 +524,7 @@ bool Parser::parseMember()
 */
 bool Parser::parseArray()
 {
-    BEGIN << "parseArray";
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_BEGIN << "parseArray";
 
     if (++nestingLevel > nestingLimit) {
         lastError = QJsonParseError::DeepNesting;
@@ -556,8 +560,8 @@ bool Parser::parseArray()
         }
     }
 
-    DEBUG << "size =" << (container ? container->elements.size() : 0);
-    END;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "size =" << (container ? container->elements.size() : 0);
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
 
     --nestingLevel;
 
@@ -571,7 +575,7 @@ value = false / null / true / object / array / number / string
 
 bool Parser::parseValue()
 {
-    BEGIN << "parse Value" << json;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_BEGIN << "parse Value" << json;
 
     switch (*json++) {
     case 'n':
@@ -583,8 +587,8 @@ bool Parser::parseValue()
             *json++ == 'l' &&
             *json++ == 'l') {
             container->append(QCborValue(QCborValue::Null));
-            DEBUG << "value: null";
-            END;
+            QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "value: null";
+            QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
             return true;
         }
         lastError = QJsonParseError::IllegalValue;
@@ -598,8 +602,8 @@ bool Parser::parseValue()
             *json++ == 'u' &&
             *json++ == 'e') {
             container->append(QCborValue(true));
-            DEBUG << "value: true";
-            END;
+            QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "value: true";
+            QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
             return true;
         }
         lastError = QJsonParseError::IllegalValue;
@@ -614,8 +618,8 @@ bool Parser::parseValue()
             *json++ == 's' &&
             *json++ == 'e') {
             container->append(QCborValue(false));
-            DEBUG << "value: false";
-            END;
+            QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "value: false";
+            QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
             return true;
         }
         lastError = QJsonParseError::IllegalValue;
@@ -623,24 +627,24 @@ bool Parser::parseValue()
     case Quote: {
         if (!parseString())
             return false;
-        DEBUG << "value: string";
-        END;
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "value: string";
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
         return true;
     }
     case BeginArray: {
         StashedContainer stashedContainer(&container, QCborValue::Array);
         if (!parseArray())
             return false;
-        DEBUG << "value: array";
-        END;
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "value: array";
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
         return true;
     }
     case BeginObject: {
         StashedContainer stashedContainer(&container, QCborValue::Map);
         if (!parseObject())
             return false;
-        DEBUG << "value: object";
-        END;
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "value: object";
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
         return true;
     }
     case ValueSeparator:
@@ -656,8 +660,8 @@ bool Parser::parseValue()
         --json;
         if (!parseNumber())
             return false;
-        DEBUG << "value: number";
-        END;
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "value: number";
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -683,7 +687,7 @@ bool Parser::parseValue()
 
 bool Parser::parseNumber()
 {
-    BEGIN << "parseNumber" << json;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_BEGIN << "parseNumber" << json;
 
     const char *start = json;
     bool isInt = true;
@@ -725,14 +729,14 @@ bool Parser::parseNumber()
     }
 
     const QByteArray number = QByteArray::fromRawData(start, json - start);
-    DEBUG << "numberstring" << number;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "numberstring" << number;
 
     if (isInt) {
         bool ok;
         qlonglong n = number.toLongLong(&ok);
         if (ok) {
             container->append(QCborValue(n));
-            END;
+            QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
             return true;
         }
     }
@@ -751,7 +755,7 @@ bool Parser::parseNumber()
     else
         container->append(QCborValue(d));
 
-    END;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -795,7 +799,7 @@ static inline bool scanEscapeSequence(const char *&json, const char *end, char32
     if (json >= end)
         return false;
 
-    DEBUG << "scan escape" << (char)*json;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "scan escape" << (char)*json;
     uchar escaped = *json++;
     switch (escaped) {
     case '"':
@@ -853,7 +857,7 @@ bool Parser::parseString()
 
     // try to parse a utf-8 string without escape sequences, and note whether it's 7bit ASCII.
 
-    BEGIN << "parse string" << json;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_BEGIN << "parse string" << json;
     bool isUtf8 = true;
     bool isAscii = true;
     while (json < end) {
@@ -874,10 +878,10 @@ bool Parser::parseString()
         }
         if (ch > 0x7f)
             isAscii = false;
-        DEBUG << "  " << ch << char(ch);
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "  " << ch << char(ch);
     }
     ++json;
-    DEBUG << "end of string";
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "end of string";
     if (json >= end) {
         lastError = QJsonParseError::UnterminatedString;
         return false;
@@ -889,11 +893,11 @@ bool Parser::parseString()
             container->appendAsciiString(start, json - start - 1);
         else
             container->appendUtf8String(start, json - start - 1);
-        END;
+        QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
         return true;
     }
 
-    DEBUG << "has escape sequences";
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG << "has escape sequences";
 
     json = start;
 
@@ -924,8 +928,12 @@ bool Parser::parseString()
 
     container->appendByteData(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(ucs4.constData()), ucs4.size() * 2,
                               QCborValue::String, QtCbor::Element::StringIsUtf16);
-    END;
+    QT_PARSER_TRACING_END;
     return true;
 }
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#undef QT_PARSER_TRACING_BEGIN
+#undef QT_PARSER_TRACING_END
+#undef QT_PARSER_TRACING_DEBUG