diff --git a/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h b/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
index 21896f6bd..f2218f333 100644
--- a/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
+++ b/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ class FlatBufferBuilder {
     extern T Pack(const S &);
     typedef T (*Pack_t)(const S &);
     std::vector<T> vv(len);
-    std::transform(v, v + len, vv.begin(), static_cast<Pack_t&>(Pack));
+    std::transform(v, v + len, vv.begin(), static_cast<Pack_t>(&Pack));
     return CreateVectorOfStructs<T>(vv.data(), vv.size());
   }