diff --git a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
index 5ca653e54..2dd04eb0c 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ impl vm::Vm for KvmVm {
     ///
     /// Set the VM state
     ///
-    fn set_state(&self, _state: &VmState) -> vm::Result<()> {
+    fn set_state(&self, _state: VmState) -> vm::Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/vm.rs b/hypervisor/src/vm.rs
index ab5412006..6d5d5de16 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/vm.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/vm.rs
@@ -183,5 +183,5 @@ pub trait Vm: Send + Sync {
     /// Get the Vm state. Return VM specific data
     fn state(&self) -> Result<VmState>;
     /// Set the VM state
-    fn set_state(&self, state: &VmState) -> Result<()>;
+    fn set_state(&self, state: VmState) -> Result<()>;
 }
diff --git a/vmm/src/vm.rs b/vmm/src/vm.rs
index c577edfa2..0a40d0581 100644
--- a/vmm/src/vm.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/vm.rs
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ impl Vm {
         let vm_snapshot = get_vm_snapshot(snapshot).map_err(Error::Restore)?;
         let config = vm_snapshot.config;
         if let Some(state) = vm_snapshot.state {
-            vm.set_state(&state)
+            vm.set_state(state)
                 .map_err(|e| Error::Restore(MigratableError::Restore(e.into())))?;
         }