diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
index 2d424db6..767e1a49 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ class VariantData {
     return _content.asCollection.addElement(pool);
   }
 
-  VariantData *getElement(size_t index) const {  // P+4 G+0
-    const CollectionData *col = resolve()->asArray();
+  VariantData *getElement(size_t index) const {
+    const CollectionData *col = asArray();
     return col ? col->getElement(index) : 0;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
index c673ef7b..13a02f67 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ inline VariantRef VariantRef::addElement() const {
 }
 
 inline VariantRef VariantRef::getElement(size_t index) const {
-  return VariantRef(_pool, _data != 0 ? _data->getElement(index) : 0);
+  return VariantRef(_pool,
+                    _data != 0 ? _data->resolve()->getElement(index) : 0);
 }
 
 inline VariantRef VariantRef::getOrAddElement(size_t index) const {