diff --git a/plugin/src/executors/tx.rs b/plugin/src/executors/tx.rs
index 695d314ba..b7b50b794 100644
--- a/plugin/src/executors/tx.rs
+++ b/plugin/src/executors/tx.rs
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ impl TxExecutor {
         self: Arc<Self>,
         tx: &VersionedTransaction,
     ) -> PluginResult<VersionedTransaction> {
-        let serialized_tx = serialize(&tx).unwrap();
+        let serialized_tx = serialize(tx).unwrap();
 
         if !TPU_CLIENT.get().await.send_wire_transaction(serialized_tx).await {
             return Err(GeyserPluginError::Custom(