diff --git a/src/commands/exportopenpgpcerttoprovidercommand.cpp b/src/commands/exportopenpgpcerttoprovidercommand.cpp
index 19b362a54..91a45fd4f 100644
--- a/src/commands/exportopenpgpcerttoprovidercommand.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/exportopenpgpcerttoprovidercommand.cpp
@@ -1,167 +1,163 @@
 /* -*- mode: c++; c-basic-offset:4 -*-
     commands/exportopenpgpcerttoprovidercommand.cpp
 
     This file is part of Kleopatra, the KDE keymanager
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2022 Felix Tiede
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #include <config-kleopatra.h>
 
 #include "exportopenpgpcerttoprovidercommand.h"
 #include "command_p.h"
 
 #include <Libkleo/GnuPG>
 
 #include <gpgme++/key.h>
 
 #include <kidentitymanagement/identity.h>
 #include <kidentitymanagement/identitymanager.h>
 #include <MailTransport/TransportManager>
 #include <MailTransportAkonadi/MessageQueueJob>
 
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KMessageBox>
 
 #include <QString>
 
 using namespace Kleo;
 using namespace Kleo::Commands;
 using namespace GpgME;
 
-static const KIdentityManagement::Identity identityForAddress(const QString &senderAddress) {
+static const QString identityTransportForAddress(const QString &senderAddress) {
     static const KIdentityManagement::IdentityManager *idManager = new KIdentityManagement::IdentityManager(true);
 
     const KIdentityManagement::Identity identity = idManager->identityForAddress(senderAddress);
     if (identity.isNull())
-        return idManager->defaultIdentity();
+        return idManager->defaultIdentity().transport();
     else
-        return identity;
+        return identity.transport();
 }
 
 ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand(QAbstractItemView *v, KeyListController *c)
     : GnuPGProcessCommand(v, c)
 {
     wksMail.open();
     wksMail.close();
 }
 
 ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand(const UserID &uid)
     : GnuPGProcessCommand(uid.parent()),
       uid(uid)
 {
     wksMail.open();
     wksMail.close();
 }
 
 ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::~ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand() {}
 
 bool ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::preStartHook(QWidget *parent) const
 {
-    QString sender = senderAddress();
+    const QString sender = senderAddress();
+    const QString transportName = identityTransportForAddress(sender);
 
-    KIdentityManagement::Identity identity = identityForAddress(sender);
-
-    if (identity.transport().isEmpty()) {
+    if (transportName.isEmpty()) {
         KMessageBox::error(parent,
          xi18nc("@warning",
                 "<para><email>%1</email> has no usable transport for mailing a key available, "
                 "WKS upload not possible.</para>", sender),
          i18nc("@title:window", "OpenPGP Certificate Export"));
         return false;
     }
     return KMessageBox::warningContinueCancel(parent,
             xi18nc("@info",
                    "<para>Not every mail provider supports WKS, so any key being "
                    "exported this way may fail individually.</para><para>If exported, "
                    "a confirmation request mail will be sent to <email>%1</email> "
                    "which needs to be acknowledged with a mail program to complete the "
                    "export process.</para><para><application>KMail</application> "
                    "can handle these mails, but not all mail programs can.</para>"
                    "<para>Once exported, the standard does not (yet) allow for "
                    "automated removal of a published key.</para>"
                    "<para>Are you sure you want to continue?</para>", sender),
             i18nc("@title:window", "OpenPGP Certificate Export"),
             KStandardGuiItem::cont(), KStandardGuiItem::cancel(),
             QStringLiteral("warn-export-openpgp-wks-unsupported"))
             == KMessageBox::Continue;
 }
 
 void ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::postSuccessHook(QWidget *parent)
 {
-    QString sender = senderAddress();
-
-    KIdentityManagement::Identity identity = identityForAddress(sender);
     MailTransport::Transport *transport = MailTransport::TransportManager::self()->transportByName(
-        identity.transport());
+        identityTransportForAddress(senderAddress()));
 
     if (!transport)
         return;
 
     wksMail.open();
     KMime::Message *msg = new KMime::Message();
 
     msg->setContent(KMime::CRLFtoLF(wksMail.readAll()));
     msg->parse();
     wksMail.close();
 
     MailTransport::MessageQueueJob *job = new MailTransport::MessageQueueJob(parent);
     job->transportAttribute().setTransportId(transport->id());
     job->addressAttribute().setFrom(msg->from()->asUnicodeString());
     job->addressAttribute().setTo(msg->to()->displayNames());
     job->setMessage(KMime::Message::Ptr(msg));
 
     job->start();
 }
 
 QStringList ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::arguments() const
 {
     QStringList result;
     result << gpgWksClientPath();
     result << QStringLiteral("--output") << wksMail.fileName();
     result << QStringLiteral("--create");
     result << QString::fromUtf8(d->keys().at(0).primaryFingerprint());
     result << senderAddress();
     return result;
 }
 
 QString ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::errorCaption() const
 {
     return i18nc("@title:window", "OpenPGP Certificate Export Error");
 }
 
 QString ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::successCaption() const
 {
     return i18nc("@title:window", "OpenPGP Certificate Export Finished");
 }
 
 QString ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::crashExitMessage(const QStringList &args) const
 {
     return xi18nc("@info",
                   "<para>The GPG process that tried to export OpenPGP certificates "
                   "ended prematurely because of an unexpected error.</para>"
                   "<para>Please check the output of <icode>%1</icode> for details.</para>", args.join(QLatin1Char(' ')));
 }
 
 QString ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::errorExitMessage(const QStringList &args) const
 {
     return xi18nc("@info",
                   "<para>An error occurred while trying to export OpenPGP certificates.</para> "
                   "<para>The output from <command>%1</command> was: <message>%2</message></para>",
                   args[0], errorString());
 }
 
 QString ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::successMessage(const QStringList&) const
 {
     return i18nc("@info", "OpenPGP certificates exported successfully.");
 }
 
 QString ExportOpenPGPCertToProviderCommand::senderAddress() const
 {
     if (uid.isNull())
       return QString::fromUtf8(d->keys().at(0).userID(0).addrSpec().data());
     else
       return QString::fromUtf8(uid.addrSpec().data());
 }