diff --git a/jxr/plugin.jelly b/jxr/plugin.jelly
index 185581eb..92159afb 100644
--- a/jxr/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jxr/plugin.jelly
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
         target="_blank"
         description="A set of browsable cross-referenced sources."/>
     </j:if>
-    <j:if test="${unitTestSourcesPresent and maven.jxr.include.testXref == 'true'}">
+    <j:set var="testXref" value="${maven.jxr.include.testXref}" />
+    <j:if test="${unitTestSourcesPresent and testXref == 'true'}">
       <doc:registerReport 
           name="Test Xref" 
           pluginName="maven-jxr-plugin" 
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@
 
       <util:tokenize var="sources_dirs" delim="${path.separator}">${pom.build.sourceDirectory}</util:tokenize>
       <maven:get var="maven.compile.src.set" plugin="maven-java-plugin" property="maven.compile.src.set"/>
-      <j:if test="${maven.compile.src.set != '' and maven.compile.src.set != null}">
+      <j:set var="srcSet" value="${maven.compile.src.set}" />
+      <j:if test="${srcSet != '' and srcSet != null}">
         <util:tokenize var="sources_dirs" delim="${path.separator}">${maven.compile.src.set}</util:tokenize>
       </j:if>
 
@@ -115,7 +117,8 @@
         bottom="${copyright}">
       </jxr:jxr>
 
-      <j:if test="${unitTestSourcesPresent == 'true' and maven.jxr.include.testXref == 'true'}">
+      <j:set var="testXref" value="${maven.jxr.include.testXref}" />
+      <j:if test="${unitTestSourcesPresent == 'true' and testXref == 'true'}">
         <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.jxr.destdir.test}"/>
     
         <ant:copy file="${maven.jxr.stylesheet}"