diff --git a/metrics/spearmanr/spearmanr.py b/metrics/spearmanr/spearmanr.py
index 3be1743e7..44d372638 100644
--- a/metrics/spearmanr/spearmanr.py
+++ b/metrics/spearmanr/spearmanr.py
@@ -113,12 +113,8 @@ def _info(self):
         )
 
     def _compute(self, predictions, references, return_pvalue=False):
+        results = spearmanr(references, predictions)
         if return_pvalue:
-            return {
-                "spearmanr": spearmanr(references, predictions)[0],
-                "spearmanr_pvalue": spearmanr(references, predictions)[1],
-            }
+            return {"spearmanr": results[0], "spearmanr_pvalue": results[1]}
         else:
-            return {
-                "spearmanr": spearmanr(references, predictions)[0],
-            }
+            return {"spearmanr": results[0]}