diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go
index d7032714a..40913db64 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ func initDefaultTitleBody(ctx CreateContext, state *shared.IssueMetadataState, u
 	return nil
 }
 
-func determineTrackingBranch(gitClient *git.Client, remotes ghContext.Remotes, localBranchName string, headBranchConfig *git.BranchConfig) *git.TrackingRef {
+func determineTrackingBranch(gitClient *git.Client, remotes ghContext.Remotes, localBranchName string, headBranchConfig git.BranchConfig) *git.TrackingRef {
 	// To try and determine the tracking ref for a local branch, we first construct a collection of refs
 	// that might be tracking, given the current branch's config, and the list of known remotes.
 	refsForLookup := []string{"HEAD"}
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ func NewCreateContext(opts *CreateOptions) (*CreateContext, error) {
 	headBranchConfig := gitClient.ReadBranchConfig(context.Background(), headBranch)
 	if isPushEnabled {
 		// determine whether the head branch is already pushed to a remote
-		if pushedTo := determineTrackingBranch(gitClient, remotes, headBranch, &headBranchConfig); pushedTo != nil {
+		if pushedTo := determineTrackingBranch(gitClient, remotes, headBranch, headBranchConfig); pushedTo != nil {
 			isPushEnabled = false
 			if r, err := remotes.FindByName(pushedTo.RemoteName); err == nil {
 				headRepo = r
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
index 9d6584e6c..8d5a1d1b3 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ func Test_determineTrackingBranch(t *testing.T) {
 				GitPath: "some/path/git",
 			}
 			headBranchConfig := gitClient.ReadBranchConfig(ctx.Background(), "feature")
-			ref := determineTrackingBranch(gitClient, tt.remotes, "feature", &headBranchConfig)
+			ref := determineTrackingBranch(gitClient, tt.remotes, "feature", headBranchConfig)
 			tt.assert(ref, t)
 		})
 	}