diff --git a/src/corelib/platform/android/qandroiditemmodelproxy.cpp b/src/corelib/platform/android/qandroiditemmodelproxy.cpp
index f17d417b1f1..eebd5582bd9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/platform/android/qandroiditemmodelproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/platform/android/qandroiditemmodelproxy.cpp
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ jobject QAndroidItemModelProxy::jni_sibling(JNIEnv *env, jobject object, jint ro
 }
 
 jboolean QAndroidItemModelProxy::jni_setData(JNIEnv *env, jobject object, JQtModelIndex index,
-                                             jobject &value, jint role)
+                                             jobject value, jint role)
 {
     const QModelIndex nativeIndex = QAndroidModelIndexProxy::qInstance(index);
     const QVariant qValue = QAndroidTypeConverter::toQVariant(QJniObject(value));
diff --git a/src/corelib/platform/android/qandroiditemmodelproxy_p.h b/src/corelib/platform/android/qandroiditemmodelproxy_p.h
index 874f0533611..350fc643ca1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/platform/android/qandroiditemmodelproxy_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/platform/android/qandroiditemmodelproxy_p.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public:
                                 JQtModelIndex bottomRight, QJniArray<jint> roles);
     Q_DECLARE_JNI_NATIVE_METHOD_IN_CURRENT_SCOPE(jni_dataChanged)
 
-    static jboolean jni_setData(JNIEnv *env, jobject object, JQtModelIndex index, jobject &value,
+    static jboolean jni_setData(JNIEnv *env, jobject object, JQtModelIndex index, jobject value,
                                 jint role);
     Q_DECLARE_JNI_NATIVE_METHOD_IN_CURRENT_SCOPE(jni_setData)