diff --git a/libcolord/cd-profile.c b/libcolord/cd-profile.c
index 03decf8..95efc46 100644
--- a/libcolord/cd-profile.c
+++ b/libcolord/cd-profile.c
@@ -440,8 +440,7 @@ cd_profile_set_metadata_from_variant (CdProfile *profile, GVariant *variant)
 	g_hash_table_remove_all (profile->priv->metadata);
 
 	/* insert the new metadata */
-	g_variant_get (variant, "a{ss}",
-		       &iter);
+	g_variant_init (&iter, variant);
 	while (g_variant_iter_loop (iter, "{ss}",
 				    &prop_key, &prop_value)) {
 		g_hash_table_insert (profile->priv->metadata,