diff --git a/Framework/Core/include/Framework/DeviceContext.h b/Framework/Core/include/Framework/DeviceContext.h
index dbe3dbebbd7f1..a392004c2ffbf 100644
--- a/Framework/Core/include/Framework/DeviceContext.h
+++ b/Framework/Core/include/Framework/DeviceContext.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct DeviceContext {
   int expectedRegionCallbacks = 0;
   int exitTransitionTimeout = 0;
   int dataProcessingTimeout = 0;
-  ProcessingPolicies &processingPolicies;
+  ProcessingPolicies& processingPolicies;
 };
 
 } // namespace o2::framework