diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoMocUic.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoMocUic.cxx
index 68d3c6cbc9..75611ac647 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoMocUic.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoMocUic.cxx
@@ -1589,14 +1589,14 @@ bool cmQtAutoMocUicT::JobEvalCacheUicT::FindIncludedUi(
   };
 
   // Vicinity of the source
-  if (findUi(cmStrCat(sourceDirPrefix, this->UiName))) {
-    return true;
-  }
   if (!includePrefix.empty()) {
     if (findUi(cmStrCat(sourceDirPrefix, includePrefix, this->UiName))) {
       return true;
     }
   }
+  if (findUi(cmStrCat(sourceDirPrefix, this->UiName))) {
+    return true;
+  }
   // Additional AUTOUIC search paths
   auto const& searchPaths = this->UicConst().SearchPaths;
   if (!searchPaths.empty()) {