diff --git a/src/log-store/src/fs/log.rs b/src/log-store/src/fs/log.rs
index 39bdbd0ce4..6bee0f80a0 100644
--- a/src/log-store/src/fs/log.rs
+++ b/src/log-store/src/fs/log.rs
@@ -206,17 +206,18 @@ impl LogStore for LocalFileLogStore {
         .fail();
     }
 
-    async fn append_batch(&self, _ns: Self::Namespace, _e: Vec<Self::Entry>) -> Result<Id> {
+    async fn append_batch(&self, _ns: &Self::Namespace, _e: Vec<Self::Entry>) -> Result<Id> {
         todo!()
     }
 
     async fn read(
         &self,
-        ns: Self::Namespace,
+        ns: &Self::Namespace,
         id: Id,
     ) -> Result<SendableEntryStream<'_, Self::Entry, Self::Error>> {
         let files = self.files.read().await;
 
+        let ns = ns.clone();
         let s = stream!({
             for (start_id, file) in files.iter() {
                 if *start_id >= id {
@@ -232,11 +233,11 @@ impl LogStore for LocalFileLogStore {
         Ok(Box::pin(s))
     }
 
-    async fn create_namespace(&mut self, _ns: Self::Namespace) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn create_namespace(&mut self, _ns: &Self::Namespace) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
 
-    async fn delete_namespace(&mut self, _ns: Self::Namespace) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn delete_namespace(&mut self, _ns: &Self::Namespace) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
 
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ mod tests {
             .entry_id;
         assert_eq!(0, id);
 
-        let stream = logstore.read(ns, 0).await.unwrap();
+        let stream = logstore.read(&ns, 0).await.unwrap();
         tokio::pin!(stream);
 
         let entries = stream.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
diff --git a/src/log-store/src/fs/noop.rs b/src/log-store/src/fs/noop.rs
index 1204792352..bcacbc87cc 100644
--- a/src/log-store/src/fs/noop.rs
+++ b/src/log-store/src/fs/noop.rs
@@ -26,24 +26,24 @@ impl LogStore for NoopLogStore {
         })
     }
 
-    async fn append_batch(&self, _ns: Self::Namespace, _e: Vec<Self::Entry>) -> Result<Id> {
+    async fn append_batch(&self, _ns: &Self::Namespace, _e: Vec<Self::Entry>) -> Result<Id> {
         todo!()
     }
 
     async fn read(
         &self,
-        _ns: Self::Namespace,
+        _ns: &Self::Namespace,
         _id: Id,
     ) -> Result<store_api::logstore::entry_stream::SendableEntryStream<'_, Self::Entry, Self::Error>>
     {
         todo!()
     }
 
-    async fn create_namespace(&mut self, _ns: Self::Namespace) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn create_namespace(&mut self, _ns: &Self::Namespace) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
 
-    async fn delete_namespace(&mut self, _ns: Self::Namespace) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn delete_namespace(&mut self, _ns: &Self::Namespace) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/storage/src/wal.rs b/src/storage/src/wal.rs
index 048a8821b0..e9cb8d6c58 100644
--- a/src/storage/src/wal.rs
+++ b/src/storage/src/wal.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl<S: LogStore> Wal<S> {
     pub async fn read_from_wal(&self, start_seq: SequenceNumber) -> Result<WriteBatchStream<'_>> {
         let stream = self
             .store
-            .read(self.namespace.clone(), start_seq)
+            .read(&self.namespace, start_seq)
             .await
             .map_err(BoxedError::new)
             .context(error::ReadWalSnafu { name: self.name() })?
diff --git a/src/store-api/src/logstore.rs b/src/store-api/src/logstore.rs
index 737e0f0a61..255220b894 100644
--- a/src/store-api/src/logstore.rs
+++ b/src/store-api/src/logstore.rs
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ pub trait LogStore: Send + Sync + 'static + std::fmt::Debug {
     // Append a batch of entries atomically and return the offset of first entry.
     async fn append_batch(
         &self,
-        ns: Self::Namespace,
+        ns: &Self::Namespace,
         e: Vec<Self::Entry>,
     ) -> Result<Id, Self::Error>;
 
     // Create a new `EntryStream` to asynchronously generates `Entry` with ids starting from `id`.
     async fn read(
         &self,
-        ns: Self::Namespace,
+        ns: &Self::Namespace,
         id: Id,
     ) -> Result<SendableEntryStream<Self::Entry, Self::Error>, Self::Error>;
 
     // Create a new `Namespace`.
-    async fn create_namespace(&mut self, ns: Self::Namespace) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
+    async fn create_namespace(&mut self, ns: &Self::Namespace) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
 
     // Delete an existing `Namespace` with given ref.
-    async fn delete_namespace(&mut self, ns: Self::Namespace) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
+    async fn delete_namespace(&mut self, ns: &Self::Namespace) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
 
     // List all existing namespaces.
     async fn list_namespaces(&self) -> Result<Vec<Self::Namespace>, Self::Error>;