diff --git a/lightning-block-sync/src/rest.rs b/lightning-block-sync/src/rest.rs
index 9473f7b1b6a..74837f08f6b 100644
--- a/lightning-block-sync/src/rest.rs
+++ b/lightning-block-sync/src/rest.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ impl RestClient {
 	{
 		let host = format!("{}:{}", self.endpoint.host(), self.endpoint.port());
 		let uri = format!("{}/{}", self.endpoint.path().trim_end_matches("/"), resource_path);
-		let mut client = if let Some(client) = self.client.lock().unwrap().take() {
+		let reserved_client = self.client.lock().unwrap().take();
+		let mut client = if let Some(client) = reserved_client {
 			client
 		} else {
 			HttpClient::connect(&self.endpoint)?
diff --git a/lightning-block-sync/src/rpc.rs b/lightning-block-sync/src/rpc.rs
index 8032d3fccec..59c7e589e97 100644
--- a/lightning-block-sync/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/lightning-block-sync/src/rpc.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ impl RpcClient {
 			"id": &self.id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel).to_string()
 		});
 
-		let mut client = if let Some(client) = self.client.lock().unwrap().take() {
+		let reserved_client = self.client.lock().unwrap().take();
+		let mut client = if let Some(client) = reserved_client {
 			client
 		} else {
 			HttpClient::connect(&self.endpoint)?