Fix simple quality issues

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sonar-scanner-engine/src/main/java/org/sonar/scanner/scm/ScmChangedFilesProvider.java b/sonar-scanner-engine/src/main/java/org/sonar/scanner/scm/ScmChangedFilesProvider.java
index 454d2a6815a..63f30c85f2c 100644
--- a/sonar-scanner-engine/src/main/java/org/sonar/scanner/scm/ScmChangedFilesProvider.java
+++ b/sonar-scanner-engine/src/main/java/org/sonar/scanner/scm/ScmChangedFilesProvider.java
@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ public class ScmChangedFilesProvider extends ProviderAdapter {
 
   @CheckForNull
   private static Collection<Path> loadChangedFilesIfNeeded(ScmConfiguration scmConfiguration, BranchConfiguration branchConfiguration, Path rootBaseDir) {
-    if (branchConfiguration.isShortOrPullRequest() && branchConfiguration.targetScmBranch() != null) {
+    String targetScmBranch = branchConfiguration.targetScmBranch();
+    if (branchConfiguration.isShortOrPullRequest() && targetScmBranch != null) {
       ScmProvider scmProvider = scmConfiguration.provider();
       if (scmProvider != null) {
         Profiler profiler = Profiler.create(LOG).startInfo(LOG_MSG);
-        Collection<Path> changedFiles = scmProvider.branchChangedFiles(branchConfiguration.targetScmBranch(), rootBaseDir);
+        Collection<Path> changedFiles = scmProvider.branchChangedFiles(targetScmBranch, rootBaseDir);
         profiler.stopInfo();
         if (changedFiles != null) {
           LOG.debug("SCM reported {} {} changed in the branch", changedFiles.size(), ScannerUtils.pluralize("file", changedFiles.size()));