diff --git a/src/sender.rs b/src/sender.rs
index 480c2870b..bd8763357 100644
--- a/src/sender.rs
+++ b/src/sender.rs
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ where
             debug!("sending multi-device sync message");
             let sync_message =
                 Self::create_multi_device_sent_transcript_content(
-                    Some(&recipient),
+                    Some(recipient),
                     content_body,
                     timestamp,
                     Some(&result),