A question on Fontaine's periods rings

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Let $K$ be a complete discrete valued field of characteristic zero with perfect residue field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$, $\mathcal{O}_K$ its ring of integers, $C$ the completion of an algebraic closure of $K$ and $\mathcal{O}_C$ its ring of integers. Fontaine defines in "Le corps des périodes p-adiques" (see loc.cit, remark 1.2.4.(c))

$$\rm{A}_{inf}(\mathcal{O}_C|\mathcal{O}_K)$$

as the completion of $\mathcal{O}_K\otimes_{W(k)}W(\mathcal{O}_C^{\flat})$ for the topology defined by the ideal ($p$)+ker($\theta$), for a certain map

$$\theta :\mathcal{O}_K\otimes_{W(k)}W(\mathcal{O}_C^{\flat}) \to \mathcal{O}_C$$

where $W$ denotes Witt vectors, and $\mathcal{O}_C^{\flat}$ is the tilt of $\mathcal{O}_C$, that is, the projective limit of $...\to \mathcal{O}_C/p\mathcal{O}_C\to \mathcal{O}_C/p\mathcal{O}_C$ where the maps are Frobenius.

Later, in 1.3.3, it is claimed that

$$\rm{A}_{inf}(\mathcal{O}_C|\mathcal{O}_K)=\mathcal{O}_K\otimes_{W(k)}W(\mathcal{O}_C^{\flat})$$

(that is, there is no need of completing).

Why is this last claim true?