diff --git a/gtsam/inference/EliminateableFactorGraph-inst.h b/gtsam/inference/EliminateableFactorGraph-inst.h
index cb1110954..8a524e353 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/EliminateableFactorGraph-inst.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/EliminateableFactorGraph-inst.h
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
       Ordering marginalVarsOrdering(totalOrdering.end() - nVars, totalOrdering.end());
 
       // Call this function again with the computed orderings
-      return marginalMultifrontalBayesNet(std::cref(marginalVarsOrdering), marginalizationOrdering, function, variableIndex);
+      return marginalMultifrontalBayesNet(marginalVarsOrdering, marginalizationOrdering, function, variableIndex);
     }
   }
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
       Ordering marginalVarsOrdering(totalOrdering.end() - nVars, totalOrdering.end());
 
       // Call this function again with the computed orderings
-      return marginalMultifrontalBayesNet(std::cref(marginalVarsOrdering), marginalizationOrdering, function, variableIndex);
+      return marginalMultifrontalBayesNet(marginalVarsOrdering, marginalizationOrdering, function, variableIndex);
     }
   }
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
       Ordering marginalVarsOrdering(totalOrdering.end() - nVars, totalOrdering.end());
 
       // Call this function again with the computed orderings
-      return marginalMultifrontalBayesTree(std::cref(marginalVarsOrdering), marginalizationOrdering, function, variableIndex);
+      return marginalMultifrontalBayesTree(marginalVarsOrdering, marginalizationOrdering, function, variableIndex);
     }
   }
 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
       Ordering marginalVarsOrdering(totalOrdering.end() - nVars, totalOrdering.end());
 
       // Call this function again with the computed orderings
-      return marginalMultifrontalBayesTree(std::cref(marginalVarsOrdering), marginalizationOrdering, function, variableIndex);
+      return marginalMultifrontalBayesTree(marginalVarsOrdering, marginalizationOrdering, function, variableIndex);
     }
   }