diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
index 32f9aed4..7417a976 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ class VariantImpl {
   // Release the resources used by this variant and set it to null.
   void clear();
 
+  static void clear(VariantData* data, ResourceManager* resources);
+
  private:
   VariantData* data_;
   ResourceManager* resources_;
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
index 4277cb6a..0e9258e2 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ inline bool VariantImpl::setString(TAdaptedString value) {
   if (value.isNull())
     return false;
 
-
   if (isTinyString(value, value.size())) {
     data_->setTinyString(value);
     return true;
@@ -43,7 +42,8 @@ inline bool VariantImpl::setString(TAdaptedString value) {
   return false;
 }
 
-inline void VariantImpl::clear() {
+inline void VariantImpl::clear(VariantData* data_,
+                               ResourceManager* resources_) {
   if (!data_)
     return;
 
@@ -55,11 +55,16 @@ inline void VariantImpl::clear() {
     resources_->freeEightByte(data_->content.asSlotId);
 #endif
 
-  asCollection().clear();
+  if (data_->type & VariantTypeBits::CollectionMask)
+    CollectionImpl(&data_->content.asCollection, resources_).clear();
 
   data_->type = VariantType::Null;
 }
 
+inline void VariantImpl::clear() {
+  clear(data_, resources_);
+}
+
 #if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
 inline const EightByteValue* VariantImpl::getEightByte() const {
   return type() & VariantTypeBits::EightByteBit