diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/tool_signature b/ci/licenses_golden/tool_signature
index 30b974e105733..211c41c05a851 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/tool_signature
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/tool_signature
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Signature: 960c777bbc4aed25629fa86a8d7bf10b
+Signature: fd17294a410a1a503ab9aa72a0797dbe
 
diff --git a/tools/licenses/lib/main.dart b/tools/licenses/lib/main.dart
index 8ce7366dab5c6..bfc80a5d0047a 100644
--- a/tools/licenses/lib/main.dart
+++ b/tools/licenses/lib/main.dart
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class _RepositorySourceFile extends _RepositoryLicensedFile {
       }
     }
     _licenses!.sort();
-    for (final License license in licenses) {
+    for (final License license in _licenses!) {
       license.markUsed(io.fullName, libraryName);
     }
     assert(_licenses != null && _licenses!.isNotEmpty);
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class _RepositoryBinaryFile extends _RepositoryLicensedFile {
       if (_licenses == null || _licenses!.isEmpty) {
         throw 'no license file found in scope for ${io.fullName}';
       }
-      for (final License license in licenses!) {
+      for (final License license in _licenses!) {
         license.markUsed(io.fullName, libraryName);
       }
     }