diff --git a/kernel/src/hil/kv.rs b/kernel/src/hil/kv.rs
index 25fff733ea..fbfeb59f6b 100644
--- a/kernel/src/hil/kv.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/hil/kv.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ pub trait KVPermissions<'a> {
         &self,
         key: SubSliceMut<'static, u8>,
         value: SubSliceMut<'static, u8>,
-        permissions: StoragePermissions,
+        permissions: &dyn StoragePermissions,
     ) -> Result<
         (),
         (
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ pub trait KVPermissions<'a> {
         &self,
         key: SubSliceMut<'static, u8>,
         value: SubSliceMut<'static, u8>,
-        permissions: StoragePermissions,
+        permissions: &dyn StoragePermissions,
     ) -> Result<
         (),
         (
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ pub trait KVPermissions<'a> {
         &self,
         key: SubSliceMut<'static, u8>,
         value: SubSliceMut<'static, u8>,
-        permissions: StoragePermissions,
+        permissions: &dyn StoragePermissions,
     ) -> Result<
         (),
         (
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ pub trait KVPermissions<'a> {
         &self,
         key: SubSliceMut<'static, u8>,
         value: SubSliceMut<'static, u8>,
-        permissions: StoragePermissions,
+        permissions: &dyn StoragePermissions,
     ) -> Result<
         (),
         (
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ pub trait KVPermissions<'a> {
     fn delete(
         &self,
         key: SubSliceMut<'static, u8>,
-        permissions: StoragePermissions,
+        permissions: &dyn StoragePermissions,
     ) -> Result<(), (SubSliceMut<'static, u8>, ErrorCode)>;
 
     /// Returns the length of the key-value store's header in bytes.