diff --git a/indra/llcorehttp/_httpreadyqueue.h b/indra/llcorehttp/_httpreadyqueue.h
index 968ca01258151db98e1dffa864aab82f536334c4..8462b174b5dc047d95ff3cb50bc7eb49303284a5 100644
--- a/indra/llcorehttp/_httpreadyqueue.h
+++ b/indra/llcorehttp/_httpreadyqueue.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class HttpReadyQueue : public HttpReadyQueueBase
 	// purposes.
 	typedef HttpReadyQueueBase container_type;
 	
-	const_reference & top() const
+	const_reference top() const
 		{
 			return front();
 		}