diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/picking.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/picking.rs
index df1ef091509348..082007e89e7480 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/picking.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/picking.rs
@@ -139,19 +139,17 @@ impl GpuPickingCamera {
         }
 
         // TODO This is currently a constant, but could be user configurable
-        let entity = match MESH_ID_TEXTURE_FORMAT {
+        let texture_bytes = &self.data.mesh_id_buffer[start..end];
+        let index = match MESH_ID_TEXTURE_FORMAT {
             TextureFormat::R16Uint => {
-                let index =
-                    u16::from_ne_bytes(self.data.mesh_id_buffer[start..end].try_into().ok()?);
-                self.data.visible_mesh_entities[index as usize]
+                u16::from_ne_bytes(texture_bytes.try_into().ok()?) as usize
             }
             TextureFormat::R32Uint => {
-                let index =
-                    u32::from_ne_bytes(self.data.mesh_id_buffer[start..end].try_into().ok()?);
-                self.data.visible_mesh_entities[index as usize]
+                u32::from_ne_bytes(texture_bytes.try_into().ok()?) as usize
             }
             _ => panic!("Unsupported mesh id texture format"),
         };
+        let entity = self.data.visible_mesh_entities[index];
 
         if entity != Entity::PLACEHOLDER {
             Some(entity)