diff --git a/include/orm/tiny/concerns/hasattributes.hpp b/include/orm/tiny/concerns/hasattributes.hpp
index d02504c8e..330ebb32f 100644
--- a/include/orm/tiny/concerns/hasattributes.hpp
+++ b/include/orm/tiny/concerns/hasattributes.hpp
@@ -1436,17 +1436,21 @@ namespace Orm::Tiny::Concerns
             // Throw if the given attribute can not be converted to the given cast type
             throwIfCanNotCastAttribute(key, castType, metaType, value_, functionName);
 
-            /* Still check for the false value and log to the debug stream, but not if
-               the value_ is null, because converting null QVariant will always return
-               false and the QVariant type will be changed anyway. */
-#ifdef TINYORM_DEBUG
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
-            if (!value_.convert(metaType) && !value_.isNull())
+            const auto &metaTypeId = metaType;
 #else
-            if (!value_.convert(metaType.id()) && !value_.isNull())
+            const auto metaTypeId = metaType.id();
 #endif
+
+#ifdef TINYORM_DEBUG
+            /* Still check for the false value and log to the debug stream, but not if
+               the value_ is null, because converting null QVariant will always return
+               false and the QVariant type will be changed anyway. */
+            if (!value_.convert(metaTypeId) && !value_.isNull())
                 // Log if the QVariant::convert() for the given attribute failed
                 logIfConvertAttributeFailed(key, castType, metaType, functionName);
+#else
+            value_.convert(metaTypeId);
 #endif
 
             return value_;