diff --git a/common/flatpak-dir.c b/common/flatpak-dir.c
index 6ca35602..666b1892 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-dir.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-dir.c
@@ -3437,9 +3437,11 @@ default_progress_changed (OstreeAsyncProgress *progress,
     }
   else
     {
+      g_autoptr(GVariant) outstanding_fetches = NULL;
       /* We get some extra calls before we've really started due to the initialization of the
          extra data, so ignore those */
-      if (ostree_async_progress_get_variant (progress, "outstanding-fetches") == NULL)
+      outstanding_fetches = ostree_async_progress_get_variant (progress, "outstanding-fetches");
+      if (outstanding_fetches == NULL)
         return;
 
       ostree_repo_pull_default_console_progress_changed (progress, user_data);
diff --git a/common/flatpak-utils.c b/common/flatpak-utils.c
index 5cebf737..3c2c460a 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-utils.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-utils.c
@@ -5429,10 +5429,12 @@ progress_cb (OstreeAsyncProgress *progress, gpointer user_data)
   guint requested;
   guint64 total_transferred;
   g_autofree gchar *formatted_bytes_total_transferred = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GVariant) outstanding_fetchesv = NULL;
 
   /* We get some extra calls before we've really started due to the initialization of the
      extra data, so ignore those */
-  if (ostree_async_progress_get_variant (progress, "outstanding-fetches") == NULL)
+  outstanding_fetchesv = ostree_async_progress_get_variant (progress, "outstanding-fetches");
+  if (outstanding_fetchesv == NULL)
     return;
 
   buf = g_string_new ("");