diff --git a/Event/xAOD/xAODTau/Root/TauJet_v3.cxx b/Event/xAOD/xAODTau/Root/TauJet_v3.cxx
index a465a61feee2a16cc3dd2575b592ff50d80f2b69..2f62bb0434de302004263ba69cc88f8253da477e 100644
--- a/Event/xAOD/xAODTau/Root/TauJet_v3.cxx
+++ b/Event/xAOD/xAODTau/Root/TauJet_v3.cxx
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ namespace xAOD {
   /// Get the v<const pointer> to a given tauTrack collection associated with this tau
   std::vector<const TauTrack*> TauJet_v3::tracksWithMask(unsigned int mask )const {
   std::vector<const TauTrack*> trks;
-    for(const ElementLink< xAOD::TauTrackContainer > link : tauTrackAcc(*this) ){
+    for(const ElementLink< xAOD::TauTrackContainer >& link : tauTrackAcc(*this) ){
       const TauTrack* trk = *link;
       if(trk->flagWithMask(mask)){
 	trks.push_back(trk);