diff --git a/commands/inspect.go b/commands/inspect.go
index 72d74c9a06eb..537cccab7f5c 100644
--- a/commands/inspect.go
+++ b/commands/inspect.go
@@ -38,22 +38,24 @@ func runInspect(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, in inspectOptions) e
 		return err
 	}
 
-	timeoutCtx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
-	if in.timeout > 0 {
-		timeoutCtx, _ = context.WithTimeoutCause(timeoutCtx, in.timeout, errors.WithStack(context.DeadlineExceeded)) //nolint:govet // no need to manually cancel this context as we already rely on parent
+	imageVerifier := policy.DefaultImageVerifier(confutil.NewConfig(dockerCli))
+	loadNodes := func() ([]builder.Node, error) {
+		timeoutCtx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
+		if in.timeout > 0 {
+			timeoutCtx, _ = context.WithTimeoutCause(timeoutCtx, in.timeout, errors.WithStack(context.DeadlineExceeded)) //nolint:govet // no need to manually cancel this context as we already rely on parent
+		}
+		defer func() { cancel(errors.WithStack(context.Canceled)) }()
+		return b.LoadNodes(timeoutCtx, builder.WithData(), builder.WithImageVerifier(imageVerifier))
 	}
-	defer func() { cancel(errors.WithStack(context.Canceled)) }()
 
-	imageVerifier := policy.DefaultImageVerifier(confutil.NewConfig(dockerCli))
-	nodes, err := b.LoadNodes(timeoutCtx, builder.WithData(), builder.WithImageVerifier(imageVerifier))
+	nodes, err := loadNodes()
 	if in.bootstrap {
 		var ok bool
-		ok, err = b.Boot(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
+		if ok, err = b.Boot(ctx); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		if ok {
-			nodes, err = b.LoadNodes(timeoutCtx, builder.WithData(), builder.WithImageVerifier(imageVerifier))
+			nodes, err = loadNodes()
 		}
 	}