diff --git a/src/mod_scram_upgrade.erl b/src/mod_scram_upgrade.erl
index 04dae1dd5..c9a1e94f5 100644
--- a/src/mod_scram_upgrade.erl
+++ b/src/mod_scram_upgrade.erl
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ c2s_handle_sasl2_task_data({_, #{user := User, server := Server,
 				       #scram{hash = Algo, iterationcount = Iter, salt = Salt,
 					      serverkey = ServerKey, storedkey = StoredKey}),
 	    State2 = maps:remove(scram_upgrade, State),
-	    InlineEls = lists:keydelete(sasl_upgrade, 1, InlineEls),
-	    case ejabberd_c2s:handle_sasl2_inline(InlineEls, State2) of
+	    InlineEls2 = lists:keydelete(sasl_upgrade, 1, InlineEls),
+	    case ejabberd_c2s:handle_sasl2_inline(InlineEls2, State2) of
 		{State3, NewEls, Results} ->
 		    {success, NewEls, Results, State3}
 	    end;