Backports for ee-2112

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/2112

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/api/variables.rb b/lib/api/variables.rb
index 10374995497..7fa528fb2d3 100644
--- a/lib/api/variables.rb
+++ b/lib/api/variables.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ module API
         optional :protected, type: String, desc: 'Whether the variable is protected'
       end
       post ':id/variables' do
-        variable = user_project.variables.create(declared_params(include_missing: false))
+        variable_params = declared_params(include_missing: false)
+
+        variable = user_project.variables.create(variable_params)
 
         if variable.valid?
           present variable, with: Entities::Variable
@@ -67,7 +69,9 @@ module API
 
         return not_found!('Variable') unless variable
 
-        if variable.update(declared_params(include_missing: false).except(:key))
+        variable_params = declared_params(include_missing: false).except(:key)
+
+        if variable.update(variable_params)
           present variable, with: Entities::Variable
         else
           render_validation_error!(variable)