diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/staticmethod.rs b/vm/src/builtins/staticmethod.rs
index 9bb8dc296..c2d81fb9a 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/staticmethod.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/staticmethod.rs
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ impl Callable for PyStaticMethod {
     type Args = FuncArgs;
     #[inline]
     fn call(zelf: &crate::Py<Self>, args: FuncArgs, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
-        vm.invoke(&zelf.callable.lock().clone(), args)
+        let callable = zelf.callable.lock().clone();
+        vm.invoke(&callable, args)
     }
 }