diff --git a/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_utils.h b/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_utils.h
index 738ed3cb4..0467ba856 100644
--- a/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_utils.h
+++ b/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_utils.h
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ inline jobject NativeVectorToJavaList(
       env->NewObject(java_array_list_class, java_array_list_init_with_capacity,
                      (jint)native_vector.size());
   RAY_CHECK_JAVA_EXCEPTION(env);
-  for (const auto &item : native_vector) {
-    auto element = element_converter(env, item);
+  for (auto it = native_vector.begin(); it != native_vector.end(); ++it){
+    auto element = element_converter(env, *it);
     env->CallVoidMethod(java_list, java_list_add, element);
     RAY_CHECK_JAVA_EXCEPTION(env);
     env->DeleteLocalRef(element);