diff --git a/src/libcmd/installable-flake.cc b/src/libcmd/installable-flake.cc
index 60a97deaf..7b0cc376d 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/installable-flake.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/installable-flake.cc
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ std::pair<Value *, PosIdx> InstallableFlake::toValue(EvalState & state)
 std::vector<ref<eval_cache::AttrCursor>>
 InstallableFlake::getCursors(EvalState & state)
 {
-    auto evalCache = openEvalCache(state,
-        std::make_shared<flake::LockedFlake>(lockFlake(state, flakeRef, lockFlags)));
+    auto evalCache = openEvalCache(state, getLockedFlake());
 
     auto root = evalCache->getRoot();