diff --git a/rpmostree-cxxrs.cxx b/rpmostree-cxxrs.cxx
index 3e1d64a1a4..9277eb0d16 100644
--- a/rpmostree-cxxrs.cxx
+++ b/rpmostree-cxxrs.cxx
@@ -2056,8 +2056,8 @@ extern "C"
       const ::rpmostreecxx::OstreeRepo &repo, const ::rpmostreecxx::GCancellable &cancellable,
       ::rust::Str imgref, ::rust::Box< ::rpmostreecxx::ContainerImageState> *return$) noexcept;
 
-  ::rust::repr::PtrLen rpmostreecxx$cxxbridge1$query_container_image (
-      const ::rpmostreecxx::OstreeRepo &repo, ::rust::Str imgref,
+  ::rust::repr::PtrLen rpmostreecxx$cxxbridge1$query_container_image_commit (
+      const ::rpmostreecxx::OstreeRepo &repo, ::rust::Str c,
       ::rust::Box< ::rpmostreecxx::ContainerImageState> *return$) noexcept;
   ::std::size_t rpmostreecxx$cxxbridge1$TempEtcGuard$operator$sizeof () noexcept;
   ::std::size_t rpmostreecxx$cxxbridge1$TempEtcGuard$operator$alignof () noexcept;
@@ -3606,11 +3606,11 @@ pull_container (const ::rpmostreecxx::OstreeRepo &repo,
 }
 
 ::rust::Box< ::rpmostreecxx::ContainerImageState>
-query_container_image (const ::rpmostreecxx::OstreeRepo &repo, ::rust::Str imgref)
+query_container_image_commit (const ::rpmostreecxx::OstreeRepo &repo, ::rust::Str c)
 {
   ::rust::MaybeUninit< ::rust::Box< ::rpmostreecxx::ContainerImageState> > return$;
   ::rust::repr::PtrLen error$
-      = rpmostreecxx$cxxbridge1$query_container_image (repo, imgref, &return$.value);
+      = rpmostreecxx$cxxbridge1$query_container_image_commit (repo, c, &return$.value);
   if (error$.ptr)
     {
       throw ::rust::impl< ::rust::Error>::error (error$);
diff --git a/rpmostree-cxxrs.h b/rpmostree-cxxrs.h
index 019af084da..8279b4e39b 100644
--- a/rpmostree-cxxrs.h
+++ b/rpmostree-cxxrs.h
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ pull_container (const ::rpmostreecxx::OstreeRepo &repo,
                 const ::rpmostreecxx::GCancellable &cancellable, ::rust::Str imgref);
 
 ::rust::Box< ::rpmostreecxx::ContainerImageState>
-query_container_image (const ::rpmostreecxx::OstreeRepo &repo, ::rust::Str imgref);
+query_container_image_commit (const ::rpmostreecxx::OstreeRepo &repo, ::rust::Str c);
 
 ::rust::Box< ::rpmostreecxx::TempEtcGuard> prepare_tempetc_guard (::std::int32_t rootfs);
 
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index dcee55cb02..7dad68260d 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ pub mod ffi {
             cancellable: &GCancellable,
             imgref: &str,
         ) -> Result<Box<ContainerImageState>>;
-        fn query_container_image(
+        fn query_container_image_commit(
             repo: &OstreeRepo,
-            imgref: &str,
+            c: &str,
         ) -> Result<Box<ContainerImageState>>;
     }
 
diff --git a/rust/src/sysroot_upgrade.rs b/rust/src/sysroot_upgrade.rs
index 4d6e517522..790bdd1e10 100644
--- a/rust/src/sysroot_upgrade.rs
+++ b/rust/src/sysroot_upgrade.rs
@@ -146,13 +146,11 @@ pub(crate) fn pull_container(
 }
 
 /// C++ wrapper for querying image state; requires a pulled image
-pub(crate) fn query_container_image(
+pub(crate) fn query_container_image_commit(
     repo: &crate::FFIOstreeRepo,
-    imgref: &str,
+    imgcommit: &str,
 ) -> CxxResult<Box<crate::ffi::ContainerImageState>> {
     let repo = &repo.glib_reborrow();
-    let imgref = &OstreeImageReference::try_from(imgref)?;
-    let state = ostree_container::store::query_image(repo, imgref)?
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to find image {}", imgref))?;
+    let state = ostree_container::store::query_image_commit(repo, imgcommit)?;
     Ok(Box::new(state.into()))
 }
diff --git a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx
index 119546dbb1..a04c72a9f7 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx
+++ b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ rpmostreed_deployment_generate_variant (OstreeSysroot *sysroot, OstreeDeployment
     case rpmostreecxx::RefspecType::Container:
       {
         g_variant_dict_insert (dict, "container-image-reference", "s", refspec);
-        CXX_TRY_VAR (state, rpmostreecxx::query_container_image (*repo, refspec), error);
+        CXX_TRY_VAR (state, rpmostreecxx::query_container_image_commit (*repo, base_checksum), error);
         g_variant_dict_insert (dict, "container-image-reference-digest", "s",
                                state->image_digest.c_str ());
         if (state->version.size () > 0)