diff --git a/xmake/rules/qt/ts/xmake.lua b/xmake/rules/qt/ts/xmake.lua
index ad9fd698f9d..6ddfeb70302 100644
--- a/xmake/rules/qt/ts/xmake.lua
+++ b/xmake/rules/qt/ts/xmake.lua
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ rule("qt.ts")
         -- get lrelease
         local lrelease = target:data("qt.ts.lrelease")
         local outputdir = target:targetdir()
-        if target:fileconfig(sourcefile_ts) and target:fileconfig(sourcefile_ts).prefixdir then
-            outputdir = path.join(target:targetdir(), target:fileconfig(sourcefile_ts).prefixdir)
+        local fileconfig = target:fileconfig(sourcefile_ts)
+        if fileconfig and fileconfig.prefixdir then
+            outputdir = path.join(target:targetdir(), fileconfig.prefixdir)
         end
         local outfile = path.join(outputdir, path.basename(sourcefile_ts) .. ".qm")
         batchcmds:mkdir(outputdir)
         batchcmds:show_progress(opt.progress, "${color.build.object}compiling.qt.ts %s", sourcefile_ts)
         batchcmds:vrunv(lrelease, {path(sourcefile_ts), "-qm", path(outfile)})
         batchcmds:add_depfiles(sourcefile_ts)
-    end)
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+    end)