diff --git a/system/loggerd/loggerd.cc b/system/loggerd/loggerd.cc
index 9ad3687613..af526ccb41 100644
--- a/system/loggerd/loggerd.cc
+++ b/system/loggerd/loggerd.cc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct RemoteEncoder {
   bool seen_first_packet = false;
 };
 
-int handle_encoder_msg(LoggerdState *s, Message *msg, std::string &name, struct RemoteEncoder &re, EncoderInfo encoder_info) {
+int handle_encoder_msg(LoggerdState *s, Message *msg, std::string &name, struct RemoteEncoder &re, const EncoderInfo &encoder_info) {
   int bytes_count = 0;
 
   // extract the message