diff --git a/crates/storage/src/blueprint.rs b/crates/storage/src/blueprint.rs
index eea1de51965..a7904f53f08 100644
--- a/crates/storage/src/blueprint.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/src/blueprint.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ where
         column: S::Column,
     ) -> BoxedIter<'a, StorageResult<Option<M::OwnedValue>>> {
         let keys = keys
-            .map(|key| Self::KeyCodec::encode(&key).as_bytes().into_owned())
+            .map(|key| Self::KeyCodec::encode(key).as_bytes().into_owned())
             .into_boxed();
 
         storage