diff --git a/src/libxrpl/nodestore/DatabaseNodeImp.cpp b/src/libxrpl/nodestore/DatabaseNodeImp.cpp
index ae2e7d1cc9..5019b4868b 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/nodestore/DatabaseNodeImp.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/nodestore/DatabaseNodeImp.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ DatabaseNodeImp::fetchBatch(std::vector<uint256> const& hashes)
         batch.push_back(&hash);
     }
 
-    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<NodeObject>> const results = backend_->fetchBatch(batch).first;
+    auto results = backend_->fetchBatch(batch).first;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < results.size(); ++i)
     {
         if (!results[i])