diff --git a/core/tauri-utils/src/platform/starting_binary.rs b/core/tauri-utils/src/platform/starting_binary.rs
index 213e76d108e6..a74732e2e706 100644
--- a/core/tauri-utils/src/platform/starting_binary.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-utils/src/platform/starting_binary.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ impl StartingBinary {
   ///
   /// Because [`Error`] is not clone-able, it is recreated instead.
   pub(super) fn cloned(&self) -> Result<PathBuf> {
+    // false positive
+    #[allow(clippy::useless_asref)]
     self
       .0
       .as_ref()