diff --git a/src/uri.rs b/src/uri.rs
index 4bfefae..5b58b8e 100644
--- a/src/uri.rs
+++ b/src/uri.rs
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ impl UUri {
     /// assert!(!authority_wildcard.is_remote(&authority_wildcard));
     /// ````
     pub fn is_remote(&self, other_uri: &UUri) -> bool {
-        self.is_remote_authority(other_uri.authority_name)
+        self.is_remote_authority(&other_uri.authority_name)
     }
 
     /// Check if an authority is remote compared to the authority field of the UUri.