diff --git a/src/file/firstrunindexer.cpp b/src/file/firstrunindexer.cpp
--- a/src/file/firstrunindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/file/firstrunindexer.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
     }
 
     QMimeDatabase mimeDb;
+    BasicIndexingJob::IndexingLevel level = m_config->onlyBasicIndexing() ? BasicIndexingJob::NoLevel
+        : BasicIndexingJob::MarkForContentIndexing;
 
     for (const QString& folder : qAsConst(m_folders)) {
         Transaction tr(m_db, Transaction::ReadWrite);
@@ -58,8 +60,7 @@
             if (!m_config->shouldMimeTypeBeIndexed(mimetype)) {
                 continue;
             }
-            BasicIndexingJob::IndexingLevel level =
-                m_config->onlyBasicIndexing() ? BasicIndexingJob::NoLevel : BasicIndexingJob::MarkForContentIndexing;
+
             BasicIndexingJob job(it.filePath(), mimetype, level);
             if (!job.index()) {
                 continue;
diff --git a/src/file/modifiedfileindexer.cpp b/src/file/modifiedfileindexer.cpp
--- a/src/file/modifiedfileindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/file/modifiedfileindexer.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 void ModifiedFileIndexer::run()
 {
     QMimeDatabase mimeDb;
+    BasicIndexingJob::IndexingLevel level = m_config->onlyBasicIndexing() ? BasicIndexingJob::NoLevel
+        : BasicIndexingJob::MarkForContentIndexing;
 
     Transaction tr(m_db, Transaction::ReadWrite);
 
@@ -86,8 +88,6 @@
         }
 
         // FIXME: The BasicIndexingJob extracts too much info. We only need the time
-        BasicIndexingJob::IndexingLevel level =
-            m_config->onlyBasicIndexing() ? BasicIndexingJob::NoLevel : BasicIndexingJob::MarkForContentIndexing;
         BasicIndexingJob job(filePath, mimetype, level);
         if (!job.index()) {
             continue;
diff --git a/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp b/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp
--- a/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 void NewFileIndexer::run()
 {
     QMimeDatabase mimeDb;
+    BasicIndexingJob::IndexingLevel level = m_config->onlyBasicIndexing() ? BasicIndexingJob::NoLevel
+        : BasicIndexingJob::MarkForContentIndexing;
 
     Transaction tr(m_db, Transaction::ReadWrite);
 
@@ -57,8 +59,6 @@
             continue;
         }
 
-        BasicIndexingJob::IndexingLevel level =
-            m_config->onlyBasicIndexing() ? BasicIndexingJob::NoLevel : BasicIndexingJob::MarkForContentIndexing;
         BasicIndexingJob job(filePath, mimetype, level);
         if (!job.index()) {
             continue;
diff --git a/src/file/xattrindexer.cpp b/src/file/xattrindexer.cpp
--- a/src/file/xattrindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/file/xattrindexer.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 void XAttrIndexer::run()
 {
     QMimeDatabase mimeDb;
+    BasicIndexingJob::IndexingLevel level = m_config->onlyBasicIndexing() ? BasicIndexingJob::NoLevel
+        : BasicIndexingJob::MarkForContentIndexing;
 
     Transaction tr(m_db, Transaction::ReadWrite);
 
@@ -58,8 +60,6 @@
         }
 
         // FIXME: The BasicIndexingJob extracts too much info. We only need the xattr
-        BasicIndexingJob::IndexingLevel level =
-            m_config->onlyBasicIndexing() ? BasicIndexingJob::NoLevel : BasicIndexingJob::MarkForContentIndexing;
         BasicIndexingJob job(filePath, mimetype, level);
         if (!job.index()) {
             continue;