diff --git a/include/thallium/callable_remote_procedure.hpp b/include/thallium/callable_remote_procedure.hpp
index c3ab217..07a59dd 100644
--- a/include/thallium/callable_remote_procedure.hpp
+++ b/include/thallium/callable_remote_procedure.hpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class callable_remote_procedure_with_context {
                                const T&... args) {
         std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli> fp_ms      = t;
         double                                    timeout_ms = fp_ms.count();
-        return iforward(std::make_tuple(std::creft(args)...), timeout_ms);
+        return iforward(std::make_tuple(std::cref(args)...), timeout_ms);
     }
 
     /**