diff --git a/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.cpp b/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.cpp
index 5ba191e3c7..4f3a4765ed 100644
--- a/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.cpp
@@ -26,28 +26,28 @@ OctreePacketProcessor::OctreePacketProcessor() {
 }
 
 // TODO implement packet processing in PacketType-specific methods
-void OctreePacketProcessor::handleEntityDataPacket(NLPacket& packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
+void OctreePacketProcessor::handleEntityDataPacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
     SharedNodePointer sendingNode = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->nodeWithUUID(packet->getSourceID());
     if (sendingNode) {
         processPacket(sendingNode, QByteArray::fromRawData(packet->getData(), packet->getSizeWithHeader()));
     }
 }
 
-void OctreePacketProcessor::handleEntityErasePacket(NLPacket& packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
+void OctreePacketProcessor::handleEntityErasePacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
     SharedNodePointer sendingNode = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->nodeWithUUID(packet->getSourceID());
     if (sendingNode) {
         processPacket(sendingNode, QByteArray::fromRawData(packet->getData(), packet->getSizeWithHeader()));
     }
 }
 
-void OctreePacketProcessor::handleOctreeStatsPacket(NLPacket& packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
+void OctreePacketProcessor::handleOctreeStatsPacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
     SharedNodePointer sendingNode = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->nodeWithUUID(packet->getSourceID());
     if (sendingNode) {
         processPacket(sendingNode, QByteArray::fromRawData(packet->getData(), packet->getSizeWithHeader()));
     }
 }
 
-void OctreePacketProcessor::handleEnvironmentDataPacket(NLPacket& packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
+void OctreePacketProcessor::handleEnvironmentDataPacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
     SharedNodePointer sendingNode = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->nodeWithUUID(packet->getSourceID());
     if (sendingNode) {
         processPacket(sendingNode, QByteArray::fromRawData(packet->getData(), packet->getSizeWithHeader()));
diff --git a/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.h b/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.h
index 0aac9538bb..73d9161a74 100644
--- a/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.h
+++ b/interface/src/octree/OctreePacketProcessor.h
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ protected:
     virtual void processPacket(const SharedNodePointer& sendingNode, const QByteArray& packet);
 
 private slots:
-    void handleEntityDataPacket(NLPacket& packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
-    void handleEntityErasePacket(NLPacket& packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
-    void handleOctreeStatsPacket(NLPacket& packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
-    void handleEnvironmentDataPacket(NLPacket& packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
+    void handleEntityDataPacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
+    void handleEntityErasePacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
+    void handleOctreeStatsPacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
+    void handleEnvironmentDataPacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
 };
 #endif // hifi_OctreePacketProcessor_h