diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index 13403d859b..d7f3904f6b 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -3000,11 +3000,9 @@ _ostree_repo_remote_new_fetcher (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name, gboo
       }
   }
 
-  _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (fetcher, (low_speed_limit) ? low_speed_limit
-                                                                  : OPT_LOWSPEEDLIMIT_DEFAULT);
-  _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (fetcher,
-                                      (low_speed_time) ? low_speed_time : OPT_LOWSPEEDTIME_DEFAULT);
-  _ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (fetcher, (retry_all) ? retry_all : OPT_RETRYALL_DEFAULT);
+  _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (fetcher, low_speed_limit);
+  _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (fetcher, low_speed_time);
+  _ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (fetcher, retry_all);
 
   {
     g_autofree char *tls_ca_path = NULL;
@@ -3524,6 +3522,9 @@ ostree_repo_pull_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name_or_base
   gboolean opt_gpg_verify_summary_set = FALSE;
   gboolean opt_collection_refs_set = FALSE;
   gboolean opt_n_network_retries_set = FALSE;
+  gboolean opt_low_speed_limit_set = FALSE;
+  gboolean opt_low_speed_time_set = FALSE;
+  gboolean opt_retry_all_set = FALSE;
   gboolean opt_ref_keyring_map_set = FALSE;
   gboolean disable_sign_verify = FALSE;
   gboolean disable_sign_verify_summary = FALSE;
@@ -3588,9 +3589,12 @@ ostree_repo_pull_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name_or_base
                               &pull_data->timestamp_check_from_rev);
       (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "max-metadata-size", "t", &pull_data->max_metadata_size);
       (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "append-user-agent", "s", &pull_data->append_user_agent);
-      (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "low-speed-limit-bytes", "u", &pull_data->low_speed_limit);
-      (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "low-speed-time-seconds", "u", &pull_data->low_speed_time);
-      (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "retry-all-network-errors", "b", &pull_data->retry_all);
+      opt_low_speed_limit_set
+          = g_variant_lookup (options, "low-speed-limit-bytes", "u", &pull_data->low_speed_limit);
+      opt_low_speed_time_set
+          = g_variant_lookup (options, "low-speed-time-seconds", "u", &pull_data->low_speed_time);
+      opt_retry_all_set
+          = g_variant_lookup (options, "retry-all-network-errors", "b", &pull_data->retry_all);
       opt_n_network_retries_set
           = g_variant_lookup (options, "n-network-retries", "u", &pull_data->n_network_retries);
       opt_ref_keyring_map_set
@@ -3665,6 +3669,12 @@ ostree_repo_pull_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name_or_base
 
   if (!opt_n_network_retries_set)
     pull_data->n_network_retries = DEFAULT_N_NETWORK_RETRIES;
+  if (!opt_low_speed_limit_set)
+    pull_data->low_speed_limit = OPT_LOWSPEEDLIMIT_DEFAULT;
+  if (!opt_low_speed_time_set)
+    pull_data->low_speed_time = OPT_LOWSPEEDTIME_DEFAULT;
+  if (!opt_retry_all_set)
+    pull_data->retry_all = OPT_RETRYALL_DEFAULT;
 
   pull_data->repo = self;
   pull_data->progress = progress;