diff --git a/src/app/clusters/bindings/BindingManager.cpp b/src/app/clusters/bindings/BindingManager.cpp
index d1622042bb37cc..a2817ca1576245 100644
--- a/src/app/clusters/bindings/BindingManager.cpp
+++ b/src/app/clusters/bindings/BindingManager.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ void BindingManager::HandleDeviceConnected(OperationalDeviceProxy * device)
     FabricIndex fabricToRemove = kUndefinedFabricIndex;
     NodeId nodeToRemove        = kUndefinedNodeId;
 
-    for (const PendingNotificationEntry & pendingNotification : mPendingNotificationMap)
+    // Note: not using a const ref here, because the mPendingNotificationMap
+    // iterator returns things by value anyway.
+    for (PendingNotificationEntry pendingNotification : mPendingNotificationMap)
     {
         EmberBindingTableEntry entry;
         emberGetBinding(pendingNotification.mBindingEntryId, &entry);