diff --git a/libguh/devicemanager.cpp b/libguh/devicemanager.cpp
index 336a912a..076b96f1 100644
--- a/libguh/devicemanager.cpp
+++ b/libguh/devicemanager.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@ DeviceManager::DeviceError DeviceManager::setPluginConfig(const PluginId &plugin
         return DeviceErrorPluginNotFound;
     }
 
-    DeviceError verify = verifyParams(plugin->configurationDescription(), pluginConfig);
+    ParamList params = pluginConfig;
+
+    DeviceError verify = verifyParams(plugin->configurationDescription(), params);
     if (verify != DeviceErrorNoError) {
         return verify;
     }