diff --git a/db/view/view.cc b/db/view/view.cc
index b34ce9d5e9..d76188e384 100644
--- a/db/view/view.cc
+++ b/db/view/view.cc
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ static future<> apply_to_remote_endpoints(gms::inet_address target, inet_address
 // appropriate paired replicas. This is done asynchronously - we do not wait
 // for the writes to complete.
 future<> mutate_MV(
-        const dht::token& base_token,
+        dht::token base_token,
         std::vector<frozen_mutation_and_schema> view_updates,
         db::view::stats& stats,
         cf_stats& cf_stats,
diff --git a/db/view/view.hh b/db/view/view.hh
index 88aba876df..c8f3277cd4 100644
--- a/db/view/view.hh
+++ b/db/view/view.hh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ query::clustering_row_ranges calculate_affected_clustering_ranges(
 struct wait_for_all_updates_tag {};
 using wait_for_all_updates = bool_class<wait_for_all_updates_tag>;
 future<> mutate_MV(
-        const dht::token& base_token,
+        dht::token base_token,
         std::vector<frozen_mutation_and_schema> view_updates,
         db::view::stats& stats,
         cf_stats& cf_stats,