diff --git a/src/include/policy.h b/src/include/policy.h
index ff637ce03..3f594f43d 100644
--- a/src/include/policy.h
+++ b/src/include/policy.h
@@ -207,8 +207,9 @@ typedef struct Aerospike_JobConstants {
 #define AEROSPIKE_JOB_CONSTANTS_ARR_SIZE                                       \
     (sizeof(aerospike_job_constants) / sizeof(AerospikeJobConstants))
 
-as_status pyobject_to_policy_admin(as_error *err, PyObject *py_policy,
-                                   as_policy_admin *policy,
+as_status pyobject_to_policy_admin(AerospikeClient *self, as_error *err,
+                                   PyObject *py_policy, as_policy_admin *policy,
+                                   as_policy_admin **policy_p,
                                    as_policy_admin *config_admin_policy);
 
 as_status pyobject_to_policy_apply(AerospikeClient *self, as_error *err,
diff --git a/src/main/client/admin.c b/src/main/client/admin.c
index 10a64bd24..9f2332d56 100644
--- a/src/main/client/admin.c
+++ b/src/main/client/admin.c
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ PyObject *AerospikeClient_Admin_Create_User(AerospikeClient *self,
     password = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(py_password);
 
     // Convert python object to policy_admin
-    pyobject_to_policy_admin(&err, py_policy, &admin_policy,
-                             &self->as->config.policies.admin);
+    pyobject_to_policy_admin(self, &err, py_policy, &admin_policy,
+                             &admin_policy_p, &self->as->config.policies.admin);
     if (err.code != AEROSPIKE_OK) {
         goto CLEANUP;
     }