diff --git a/cmd/genbindings/emitcabi.go b/cmd/genbindings/emitcabi.go
index 7f0b1864..39744e79 100644
--- a/cmd/genbindings/emitcabi.go
+++ b/cmd/genbindings/emitcabi.go
@@ -1293,6 +1293,30 @@ extern "C" {
 
 		}
 
+		// FIXME(hack): In some platforms (Android Qt 5), instantiating a
+		// protected enum fails in friend context:
+		//
+		//     QAbstractItemView::State _ret = self_cast->state();
+		//     error: 'State' is a protected member of 'QAbstractItemView'
+		//
+		// @ref https://stackoverflow.com/q/52191903
+		// However, it works fine on most other platforms. Probably this
+		// is a GCC vs Clang difference.
+		fixupProtectedReferences := func(assignStmts string) string {
+
+			// Work around it for this specific class (fingers-crossed) by
+			// referencing the protected enum via its subclass name
+			ret := strings.Replace(assignStmts, c.ClassName+`::`, cppSubclassName(c)+`::`, -1)
+
+			// Also need to scan parent classes (e.g. QColumnView friend
+			// functions refer to its parent QAbstractItemView::State)
+			for _, classInherit := range c.AllInheritsClassInfo() {
+				ret = strings.Replace(ret, classInherit.Class.ClassName+`::`, cppSubclassName(c)+`::`, -1)
+			}
+
+			return ret
+		}
+
 		// Virtual override helpers
 		for _, m := range virtualMethods {
 
@@ -1358,28 +1382,6 @@ extern "C" {
 				vbpreamble, vbforwarding := emitParametersCABI2CppForwarding(m.Parameters, "\t\t")
 				vbCallTarget := "self_cast->" + m.CppCallTarget() + "(" + vbforwarding + ")"
 
-				assignStmts := emitAssignCppToCabi("\treturn ", m.ReturnType, vbCallTarget)
-
-				// FIXME(hack): In some platforms, instantiating a protected
-				// enum fails in friend context:
-				//
-				//     QAbstractItemView::State _ret = self_cast->state();
-				//     error: 'State' is a protected member of 'QAbstractItemView'
-				//
-				// @ref https://stackoverflow.com/q/52191903
-				// However, it works fine on most other platforms. Probably this
-				// is a GCC vs Clang difference.
-				//
-				// Work around it for this specific class (fingers-crossed) by
-				// referencing the protected enum via its subclass name
-				assignStmts = strings.Replace(assignStmts, c.ClassName+`::`, cppSubclassName(c)+`::`, -1)
-
-				// Also need to scan parent classes (e.g. QColumnView friend
-				// functions refer to its parent QAbstractItemView::State)
-				for _, classInherit := range c.AllInheritsClassInfo() {
-					assignStmts = strings.Replace(assignStmts, classInherit.Class.ClassName+`::`, cppSubclassName(c)+`::`, -1)
-				}
-
 				//
 
 				ret.WriteString(
@@ -1393,7 +1395,7 @@ extern "C" {
 						"\t\n" +
 						"\t*_dynamic_cast_ok = true;\n" +
 						"\t" + vbpreamble + "\n" +
-						assignStmts + "\n" +
+						fixupProtectedReferences(emitAssignCppToCabi("\treturn ", m.ReturnType, vbCallTarget)) + "\n" +
 						"}\n" +
 						"\n",
 				)