diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5dfcb9a..d2eaa4dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ HEAD
 ----
 
 * Fix compatibility with the Blynk libary (issue #1914)
+* Fix double lookup in `to<JsonVariant>()`
 
 v6.21.2 (2023-04-12)
 -------
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
index 66a473bb..c122a2f4 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ template <typename TDerived>
 template <typename T>
 typename enable_if<is_same<T, JsonVariant>::value, JsonVariant>::type
 VariantRefBase<TDerived>::to() const {
-  variantSetNull(getOrCreateData());
-  return *this;
+  auto data = getOrCreateData();
+  variantSetNull(data);
+  return JsonVariant(getPool(), data);
 }
 
 template <typename TDerived>