diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c
index 0f2e57db..0bc9934a 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c
@@ -180,12 +180,12 @@ GInputStream *
 ot_variant_read (GVariant             *variant)
 {
   GMemoryInputStream *ret = NULL;
+  gs_unref_bytes GBytes *bytes = NULL;
+
+  bytes = g_variant_get_data_as_bytes (variant);
+  ret = (GMemoryInputStream*)g_memory_input_stream_new ();
+  g_memory_input_stream_add_bytes (ret, bytes);
 
-  ret = (GMemoryInputStream*)g_memory_input_stream_new_from_data (g_variant_get_data (variant),
-                                                                  g_variant_get_size (variant),
-                                                                  NULL);
-  g_object_set_data_full ((GObject*)ret, "ot-variant-data",
-                          g_variant_ref (variant), (GDestroyNotify) g_variant_unref);
   return (GInputStream*)ret;
 }