diff --git a/internal/osbuild1/result_test.go b/internal/osbuild1/result_test.go
index cb1cac8cf..ddc3196ee 100644
--- a/internal/osbuild1/result_test.go
+++ b/internal/osbuild1/result_test.go
@@ -153,10 +153,15 @@ Done
 }
 
 func TestWriteEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+
+	var testNilResult *Result
+	assert.NoError(t, testNilResult.Write(&b))
+	assert.Equal(t, "The compose result is empty.\n", b.String())
 
 	testComposeResult := Result{}
 
-	var b bytes.Buffer
+	b.Reset()
 	assert.NoError(t, testComposeResult.Write(&b))
 	assert.Equal(t, "The compose result is empty.\n", b.String())
 
diff --git a/internal/osbuild2/result_test.go b/internal/osbuild2/result_test.go
index 6699452e4..bf92124d9 100644
--- a/internal/osbuild2/result_test.go
+++ b/internal/osbuild2/result_test.go
@@ -323,9 +323,14 @@ Metadata:
 
 func TestWriteEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
-	result := Result{}
-
 	var b bytes.Buffer
+
+	var testNilResult *Result
+	assert.NoError(testNilResult.Write(&b))
+	assert.Equal("The compose result is empty.\n", b.String())
+
+	b.Reset()
+	result := Result{}
 	assert.NoError(result.Write(&b))
 	assert.Equal("The compose result is empty.\n", b.String())
 }