diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/logd/LogEvent.cpp b/cmds/statsd/src/logd/LogEvent.cpp
index 451d26df28e04..26a82cbf84bc3 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/logd/LogEvent.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/logd/LogEvent.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ using android::util::ProtoOutputStream;
 
 // We need to keep a copy of the android_log_event_list owned by this instance so that the char*
 // for strings is not cleared before we can read them.
-LogEvent::LogEvent(log_msg msg) : mList(msg) {
+LogEvent::LogEvent(log_msg& msg) : mList(msg) {
     init(msg.entry_v1.sec * NS_PER_SEC + msg.entry_v1.nsec, &mList);
 }
 
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/logd/LogEvent.h b/cmds/statsd/src/logd/LogEvent.h
index 9ef20ea6968c5..df75d9f2e0b15 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/logd/LogEvent.h
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/logd/LogEvent.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * Read a LogEvent from a log_msg.
      */
-    explicit LogEvent(log_msg msg);
+    explicit LogEvent(log_msg& msg);
 
     /**
      * Constructs a LogEvent with the specified tag and creates an android_log_event_list in write