diff --git a/sled-agent/src/common/instance.rs b/sled-agent/src/common/instance.rs
index e5651a4048d..598c50bce72 100644
--- a/sled-agent/src/common/instance.rs
+++ b/sled-agent/src/common/instance.rs
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn destruction_after_migration_out_does_not_transition() {
         let mut state = make_migration_source_instance();
-        let migration_id = state.migration_out.unwrap().migration_id;
+        let migration_id = state.migration_out.as_ref().unwrap().migration_id;
 
         // After a migration succeeds, the source VM appears to stop but reports
         // that the migration has succeeded.
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn failure_after_migration_in_does_not_transition() {
         let mut state = make_migration_target_instance();
-        let migration_id = state.migration_in.unwrap().migration_id;
+        let migration_id = state.migration_in.unwrap().as_ref().migration_id;
 
         // Failure to migrate into an instance should mark the VMM as destroyed
         // but should not change the instance's migration IDs.