diff --git a/ext/fs/std_fs.rs b/ext/fs/std_fs.rs
index b797981d7c..b46d0cf9a4 100644
--- a/ext/fs/std_fs.rs
+++ b/ext/fs/std_fs.rs
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ fn stat_extra(
   const WINDOWS_TICK: i64 = 10_000; // 100-nanosecond intervals in a millisecond
   const SEC_TO_UNIX_EPOCH: i64 = 11_644_473_600; // Seconds between Windows epoch and Unix epoch
 
-  fn windows_time_to_unix_time_msec(windows_time: i64) -> i64 {
+  fn windows_time_to_unix_time_msec(windows_time: &i64) -> i64 {
     let milliseconds_since_windows_epoch = windows_time / WINDOWS_TICK;
     milliseconds_since_windows_epoch - SEC_TO_UNIX_EPOCH * 1000
   }