diff --git a/lib/src/container/store.rs b/lib/src/container/store.rs
index 3b633121..9196ccf0 100644
--- a/lib/src/container/store.rs
+++ b/lib/src/container/store.rs
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ impl LayeredImageImporter {
         // Destructure to transfer ownership to thread
         let repo = self.repo;
         let imgref = self.target_imgref.unwrap_or(self.imgref);
-        let state = crate::tokio_util::spawn_blocking_cancellable(
+        let state = crate::tokio_util::spawn_blocking_cancellable_flatten(
             move |cancellable| -> Result<LayeredImageState> {
                 let cancellable = Some(cancellable);
                 let repo = &repo;
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ impl LayeredImageImporter {
                 Ok(state)
             },
         )
-        .await??;
+        .await?;
         Ok(state)
     }
 }
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ pub async fn copy(
         let ostree_ref = ostree_ref?;
         let src_repo = src_repo.clone();
         let dest_repo = dest_repo.clone();
-        crate::tokio_util::spawn_blocking_cancellable(move |cancellable| -> Result<_> {
+        crate::tokio_util::spawn_blocking_cancellable_flatten(move |cancellable| -> Result<_> {
             let cancellable = Some(cancellable);
             let srcfd = &format!("file:///proc/self/fd/{}", src_repo.dfd());
             let flags = ostree::RepoPullFlags::MIRROR;
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ pub async fn copy(
             dest_repo.pull_with_options(srcfd, &options, None, cancellable)?;
             Ok(())
         })
-        .await??;
+        .await?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/tar/import.rs b/lib/src/tar/import.rs
index aa768d07..69941b55 100644
--- a/lib/src/tar/import.rs
+++ b/lib/src/tar/import.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, Context};
 use camino::Utf8Path;
 use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
 use fn_error_context::context;
-use futures_util::TryFutureExt;
 use gio::glib;
 use gio::prelude::*;
 use glib::Variant;
@@ -599,7 +598,7 @@ pub async fn import_tar(
     let options = options.unwrap_or_default();
     let src = tokio_util::io::SyncIoBridge::new(src);
     let repo = repo.clone();
-    let import = crate::tokio_util::spawn_blocking_cancellable(move |cancellable| {
+    let import = crate::tokio_util::spawn_blocking_cancellable_flatten(move |cancellable| {
         let mut archive = tar::Archive::new(src);
         let txn = repo.auto_transaction(Some(cancellable))?;
         let importer = Importer::new(&repo, options.remote);
@@ -607,9 +606,8 @@ pub async fn import_tar(
         txn.commit(Some(cancellable))?;
         repo.mark_commit_partial(&checksum, false)?;
         Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(checksum)
-    })
-    .map_err(anyhow::Error::msg);
-    let import: String = import.await??;
+    });
+    let import: String = import.await?;
     Ok(import)
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/tokio_util.rs b/lib/src/tokio_util.rs
index e842b8f2..443901ff 100644
--- a/lib/src/tokio_util.rs
+++ b/lib/src/tokio_util.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 //! Helpers for bridging GLib async/mainloop with Tokio.
 
 use anyhow::Result;
-use futures_util::Future;
+use core::fmt::{Debug, Display};
+use futures_util::{Future, FutureExt};
 use ostree::gio;
 use ostree::prelude::CancellableExt;
 
@@ -48,6 +49,28 @@ where
         f(&dropper.0)
     })
 }
+
+/// Flatten a nested Result<Result<T>>, defaulting to converting the error type to an `anyhow::Error`.
+/// See https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#method.flatten
+pub(crate) fn flatten_anyhow<T, E>(r: std::result::Result<Result<T>, E>) -> Result<T>
+where
+    E: Display + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    match r {
+        Ok(x) => x,
+        Err(e) => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(e)),
+    }
+}
+
+/// A wrapper around [`spawn_blocking_cancellable`] that flattens nested results.
+pub fn spawn_blocking_cancellable_flatten<F, T>(f: F) -> impl Future<Output = Result<T>>
+where
+    F: FnOnce(&gio::Cancellable) -> Result<T> + Send + 'static,
+    T: Send + 'static,
+{
+    spawn_blocking_cancellable(f).map(flatten_anyhow)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;