diff --git a/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.cpp b/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.cpp
index 513ccb00e9..579910d9f7 100644
--- a/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.cpp
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ void AudioClient::outputNotify() {
     }
 }
 
-bool AudioClient::switchOutputToAudioDevice(const QAudioDeviceInfo& outputDeviceInfo, bool isShutdownRequest) {
+bool AudioClient::switchOutputToAudioDevice(const QAudioDeviceInfo outputDeviceInfo, bool isShutdownRequest) {
     qCDebug(audioclient) << "AudioClient::switchOutputToAudioDevice() outputDeviceInfo: [" << outputDeviceInfo.deviceName() << "]";
     bool supportedFormat = false;
 
diff --git a/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.h b/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.h
index c8db742ca2..0643b8e52a 100644
--- a/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.h
+++ b/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioClient.h
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ private:
     void handleLocalEchoAndReverb(QByteArray& inputByteArray);
 
     bool switchInputToAudioDevice(const QAudioDeviceInfo inputDeviceInfo, bool isShutdownRequest = false);
-    bool switchOutputToAudioDevice(const QAudioDeviceInfo& outputDeviceInfo, bool isShutdownRequest = false);
+    bool switchOutputToAudioDevice(const QAudioDeviceInfo outputDeviceInfo, bool isShutdownRequest = false);
 
     // Callback acceleration dependent calculations
     int calculateNumberOfInputCallbackBytes(const QAudioFormat& format) const;