diff --git a/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/acap_dispatch.cpp b/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/acap_dispatch.cpp
index ed8fb4485..c3b07624d 100644
--- a/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/acap_dispatch.cpp
+++ b/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/acap_dispatch.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ at::Tensor &AcapController::copyUnderKernel(at::Tensor &self,
 }
 
 at::Tensor AcapController::arangeBackendSelectKernel(
-    at::Scalar end, c10::optional<at::ScalarType> dtype,
+    const at::Scalar &end, c10::optional<at::ScalarType> dtype,
     c10::optional<at::Layout> layout, c10::optional<at::Device> device,
     c10::optional<bool> pin_memory) {
   static c10::OperatorName opName{"aten::arange", ""};
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ at::Tensor AcapController::arangeBackendSelectKernel(
   // built-in handlers dispatch to BackendSelect kernels.
   auto targetDk = c10::computeDispatchKey(dtype, layout, device);
   auto opTyped = opHandle->typed<at::Tensor(
-      at::Scalar end, c10::optional<at::ScalarType> dtype,
+      const at::Scalar &end, c10::optional<at::ScalarType> dtype,
       c10::optional<at::Layout> layout, c10::optional<at::Device> device,
       c10::optional<bool> pin_memory)>();
   return opTyped.redispatch(c10::DispatchKeySet({targetDk}), end, dtype, layout, device,
diff --git a/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/acap_dispatch.h b/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/acap_dispatch.h
index 37d4a261d..954557bd8 100644
--- a/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/acap_dispatch.h
+++ b/frontends/pytorch/csrc/builder/acap_dispatch.h
@@ -72,11 +72,10 @@ public:
                                      bool non_blocking);
 
   // Backend select kernel for arange factory function.
-  static at::Tensor
-  arangeBackendSelectKernel(at::Scalar end, c10::optional<at::ScalarType> dtype,
-                            c10::optional<at::Layout> layout,
-                            c10::optional<at::Device> device,
-                            c10::optional<bool> pin_memory);
+  static at::Tensor arangeBackendSelectKernel(
+      const at::Scalar &end, c10::optional<at::ScalarType> dtype,
+      c10::optional<at::Layout> layout, c10::optional<at::Device> device,
+      c10::optional<bool> pin_memory);
 
 private:
   /// Builds a kernel call step by step.