diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
index 7507e9dd..4c865a46 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera.cpp
@@ -1178,8 +1178,8 @@ int Camera::configure(CameraConfiguration *config)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	for (auto it : *config)
-		it.setStream(nullptr);
+	for (auto &cfg : *config)
+		cfg.setStream(nullptr);
 
 	if (config->validate() != CameraConfiguration::Valid) {
 		LOG(Camera, Error)
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/common/pipeline_base.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/common/pipeline_base.cpp
index 9e2d9d23..6f278b29 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/common/pipeline_base.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/common/pipeline_base.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status RPiCameraConfiguration::validateColorSpaces([[maybe_
 	Status status = Valid;
 	yuvColorSpace_.reset();
 
-	for (auto cfg : config_) {
+	for (auto &cfg : config_) {
 		/* First fix up raw streams to have the "raw" colour space. */
 		if (PipelineHandlerBase::isRaw(cfg.pixelFormat)) {
 			/* If there was no value here, that doesn't count as "adjusted". */
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status RPiCameraConfiguration::validateColorSpaces([[maybe_
 	rgbColorSpace_->range = ColorSpace::Range::Full;
 
 	/* Go through the streams again and force everyone to the same colour space. */
-	for (auto cfg : config_) {
+	for (auto &cfg : config_) {
 		if (cfg.colorSpace == ColorSpace::Raw)
 			continue;
 
