diff --git a/router/src/cluster_based.rs b/router/src/cluster_based.rs
index 3237c9ba86..202eae5c95 100644
--- a/router/src/cluster_based.rs
+++ b/router/src/cluster_based.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl ClusterBasedRouter {
 
     async fn route_internal(
         &self,
-        tables: &Vec<String>,
+        tables: &[String],
         database: String,
         route_with_cache: bool,
     ) -> Result<Vec<RouteData>> {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ impl ClusterBasedRouter {
         let miss = if route_with_cache {
             self.route_from_cache(tables, &mut routes)
         } else {
-            tables.clone()
+            tables.to_owned()
         };
 
         trace!("Route from cache, miss:{miss:?}, routes:{routes:?}");