diff --git a/src/modules/partition/PartitionViewStep.cpp b/src/modules/partition/PartitionViewStep.cpp
index db087b59d..27020477b 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/PartitionViewStep.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/PartitionViewStep.cpp
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ PartitionViewStep::prettyName() const
 /** @brief Gather the pretty descriptions of all the partitioning jobs
  *
  * Returns a QStringList of each job's pretty description, including
- * empty strings and duplicates. The list is in-order of how the
- * jobs will be run.
+ * duplicates (but no empty lines). The list is in-order of how the
+ * jobs will be run. If no job has a non-empty description, the list is empty.
  */
 static QStringList
 jobDescriptions( const Calamares::JobList& jobs )
@@ -119,9 +119,10 @@ jobDescriptions( const Calamares::JobList& jobs )
     QStringList jobsLines;
     for ( const Calamares::job_ptr& job : qAsConst( jobs ) )
     {
-        if ( !job->prettyDescription().isEmpty() )
+        const auto description = job->prettyDescription();
+        if ( !description.isEmpty() )
         {
-            jobsLines.append( job->prettyDescription() );
+            jobsLines.append( description );
         }
     }
     return jobsLines;