diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
index 48f5403063..3b938b9f1d 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ EntityEditPacketSender::EntityEditPacketSender() {
     packetReceiver.registerPacketListener(PacketType::EntityEditNack, this, "processEntityEditNackPacket");
 }
 
-void EntityEditPacketSender::processEntityEditNackPacket(std::unique_ptr<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
+void EntityEditPacketSender::processEntityEditNackPacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
     if (!Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::DisableNackPackets)) {
         processNackPacket(QByteArray::fromRawData(packet->getData(), packet->getSizeWithHeader()));
     }
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.h
index f1cee09207..667040c1df 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
 
     void queueEraseEntityMessage(const EntityItemID& entityItemID);
 
-    void processEntityEditNackPacket(std::unique_ptr<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
+    void processEntityEditNackPacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
 
     // My server type is the model server
     virtual char getMyNodeType() const { return NodeType::EntityServer; }