diff --git a/src/vt/messaging/active.cc b/src/vt/messaging/active.cc
index 8bf2df73bf..6151d2d9e1 100644
--- a/src/vt/messaging/active.cc
+++ b/src/vt/messaging/active.cc
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ EventType ActiveMessenger::sendMsgMPI(
 
     // Send the control message to receive the multiple chunks of data
     auto m = makeMessage<MultiMsg>(info, this_node, msg_size);
-    sendMsg<MultiMsg, chunkedMultiMsg>(dest, m);
+    sendMsg<MultiMsg, chunkedMultiMsg>(dest, m.get());
 
     return event_id;
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/active/test_active_send_large.cc b/tests/unit/active/test_active_send_large.cc
index 37b6d6b2df..24ac15f5da 100644
--- a/tests/unit/active/test_active_send_large.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/active/test_active_send_large.cc
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ TYPED_TEST_P(TestActiveSendLarge, test_large_bytes_msg) {
     auto msg = makeMessage<LargeMsgType>();
     fillMsg(msg);
     msg->cb_ = cb;
-    theMsg()->sendMsg<LargeMsgType, myHandler<LargeMsgType>>(next_node, msg);
+    theMsg()->sendMsg<LargeMsgType, myHandler<LargeMsgType>>(next_node, msg.get());
   });
 
   EXPECT_EQ(counter, 1);