diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/layer_manager.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/layer_manager.rs
index 88baa88f24..3888e7f86a 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/layer_manager.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/layer_manager.rs
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ impl OpenLayerManager {
             );
 
             let new_layer =
-                InMemoryLayer::create(conf, timeline_id, tenant_shard_id, start_lsn, &gate, ctx)
+                InMemoryLayer::create(conf, timeline_id, tenant_shard_id, start_lsn, gate, ctx)
                     .await?;
             let layer = Arc::new(new_layer);