diff --git a/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs b/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs
index 82312327bc..8567680796 100644
--- a/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ impl<T: IndexValue> InMemAccountsIndex<T> {
                 callback(Some(entry)).1
             } else {
                 // not in cache, look on disk
-                let stats = &self.stats();
+                let stats = self.stats();
                 let disk_entry = self.load_account_entry_from_disk(pubkey);
                 if disk_entry.is_none() {
                     return callback(None).1;
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ impl<T: IndexValue> InMemAccountsIndex<T> {
     }
 
     fn update_entry_stats(&self, stopped_measure: Measure, found: bool) {
-        let stats = &self.stats();
+        let stats = self.stats();
         let (count, time) = if found {
             (&stats.entries_from_mem, &stats.entry_mem_us)
         } else {