diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php b/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php
index 832731efd9..353837ff22 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ class WP_oEmbed {
 		$providers = array();
 
 		// Fetch URL content
-		if ( $html = wp_remote_retrieve_body( wp_safe_remote_get( $url ) ) ) {
+		$request = wp_safe_remote_get( $url );
+		if ( $html = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ) ) {
 
 			/**
 			 * Filter the link types that contain oEmbed provider URLs.
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
index 8bbe664e2d..893263fd9f 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
@@ -5801,7 +5801,8 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 				'X-Pingback-Forwarded-For' => $remote_ip,
 			),
 		);
-		$linea = wp_remote_retrieve_body( wp_safe_remote_get( $pagelinkedfrom, $http_api_args ) );
+		$request = wp_safe_remote_get( $pagelinkedfrom, $http_api_args );
+		$linea = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request );
 
 		if ( !$linea )
 			return $this->pingback_error( 16, __( 'The source URL does not exist.' ) );