diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0839d765..06661a37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ HEAD
 * Reference-count shared strings
 * Always store `serialized("string")` by copy (#1915)
 * Remove the zero-copy mode of `deserializeJson()` and `deserializeMsgPack()`
+* Fix double lookup in `to<JsonVariant>()`
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/JsonVariant.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/JsonVariant.hpp
index 1d504d74..ed6635a0 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/JsonVariant.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/JsonVariant.hpp
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ template <typename TDerived>
 template <typename T>
 typename enable_if<is_same<T, JsonVariant>::value, JsonVariant>::type
 VariantRefBase<TDerived>::to() const {
-  detail::VariantData::setNull(getOrCreateData(), getResourceManager());
-  return *this;
+  auto data = getOrCreateData();
+  auto resources = getResourceManager();
+  detail::VariantData::setNull(data, resources);
+  return JsonVariant(data, resources);
 }
 
 template <typename TDerived>