diff --git a/src/llmq/quorums.cpp b/src/llmq/quorums.cpp
index 7c37eb58d7..ea563985b4 100644
--- a/src/llmq/quorums.cpp
+++ b/src/llmq/quorums.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ CBLSPublicKey CQuorum::GetPubKeyShare(size_t memberIdx) const
     return blsCache.BuildPubKeyShare(m->proTxHash, quorumVvec, CBLSId(m->proTxHash));
 }
 
-CBLSSecretKey CQuorum::GetSkShare() const
+const CBLSSecretKey& CQuorum::GetSkShare() const
 {
     return skShare;
 }
@@ -286,19 +286,17 @@ bool CQuorumManager::BuildQuorumContributions(const CFinalCommitment& fqc, std::
         return false;
     }
 
-    BLSVerificationVectorPtr quorumVvec;
-    CBLSSecretKey skShare;
-
     cxxtimer::Timer t2(true);
-    quorumVvec = blsWorker.BuildQuorumVerificationVector(vvecs);
-    if (quorumVvec == nullptr) {
+    quorum->quorumVvec = blsWorker.BuildQuorumVerificationVector(vvecs);
+    if (quorum->quorumVvec == nullptr) {
         LogPrint(BCLog::LLMQ, "CQuorumManager::%s -- failed to build quorumVvec\n", __func__);
         // without the quorum vvec, there can't be a skShare, so we fail here. Failure is not fatal here, as it still
         // allows to use the quorum as a non-member (verification through the quorum pub key)
         return false;
     }
-    skShare = blsWorker.AggregateSecretKeys(skContributions);
-    if (!skShare.IsValid()) {
+    quorum->skShare = blsWorker.AggregateSecretKeys(skContributions);
+    if (!quorum->skShare.IsValid()) {
+        quorum->skShare.Reset();
         LogPrint(BCLog::LLMQ, "CQuorumManager::%s -- failed to build skShare\n", __func__);
         // We don't bail out here as this is not a fatal error and still allows us to recover public key shares (as we
         // have a valid quorum vvec at this point)
@@ -307,9 +305,6 @@ bool CQuorumManager::BuildQuorumContributions(const CFinalCommitment& fqc, std::
 
     LogPrint(BCLog::LLMQ, "CQuorumManager::%s -- built quorum vvec and skShare. time=%d\n", __func__, t2.count());
 
-    quorum->quorumVvec = quorumVvec;
-    quorum->skShare = skShare;
-
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/llmq/quorums.h b/src/llmq/quorums.h
index 43a43465ae..23123315d3 100644
--- a/src/llmq/quorums.h
+++ b/src/llmq/quorums.h
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public:
     int GetMemberIndex(const uint256& proTxHash) const;
 
     CBLSPublicKey GetPubKeyShare(size_t memberIdx) const;
-    CBLSSecretKey GetSkShare() const;
+    const CBLSSecretKey& GetSkShare() const;
 
 private:
     void WriteContributions(CEvoDB& evoDb);
diff --git a/src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.cpp b/src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.cpp
index 0e981ad5e1..8859441d48 100644
--- a/src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.cpp
+++ b/src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.cpp
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ CSigShare CSigSharesManager::CreateSigShare(const CQuorumCPtr& quorum, const uin
         return {};
     }
 
-    CBLSSecretKey skShare = quorum->GetSkShare();
+    const CBLSSecretKey& skShare = quorum->GetSkShare();
     if (!skShare.IsValid()) {
         LogPrint(BCLog::LLMQ_SIGS, "CSigSharesManager::%s -- we don't have our skShare for quorum %s\n", __func__, quorum->qc.quorumHash.ToString());
         return {};
diff --git a/src/rpc/rpcquorums.cpp b/src/rpc/rpcquorums.cpp
index d24eab3943..087d05cfbb 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rpcquorums.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rpcquorums.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ UniValue BuildQuorumInfo(const llmq::CQuorumCPtr& quorum, bool includeMembers, b
         ret.pushKV("members", membersArr);
     }
     ret.pushKV("quorumPublicKey", quorum->qc.quorumPublicKey.ToString());
-    CBLSSecretKey skShare = quorum->GetSkShare();
+    const CBLSSecretKey& skShare = quorum->GetSkShare();
     if (includeSkShare && skShare.IsValid()) {
         ret.pushKV("secretKeyShare", skShare.ToString());
     }