diff --git a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/conv/conv_transpose2d/conv_transpose2d_pybind.cpp b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/conv/conv_transpose2d/conv_transpose2d_pybind.cpp
index b40fe923a43..3cea2a187f9 100644
--- a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/conv/conv_transpose2d/conv_transpose2d_pybind.cpp
+++ b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/conv/conv_transpose2d/conv_transpose2d_pybind.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void py_bind_conv_transpose2d(py::module& module) {
                 uint32_t groups,
                 std::optional<const ttnn::Tensor> bias_tensor,
                 std::optional<const Conv2dConfig> conv_config,
-                const std::optional<const MemoryConfig> memory_config,
+                const std::optional<const MemoryConfig>& memory_config,
                 const uint8_t& queue_id) -> Result {
                 return self(queue_id, input_tensor, weight_tensor, device, in_channels, out_channels, batch_size, input_height, input_width, kernel_size, stride, padding, output_padding, dilation, groups, bias_tensor, conv_config, memory_config);
             },
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void py_bind_conv_transpose2d(py::module& module) {
                 uint32_t groups,
                 std::optional<const ttnn::Tensor> bias_tensor,
                 std::optional<const Conv2dConfig> conv_config,
-                const std::optional<const MemoryConfig> memory_config,
+                const std::optional<const MemoryConfig>& memory_config,
                 const uint8_t& queue_id) -> Result {
                 return self(queue_id, input_tensor, weight_tensor, device, in_channels, out_channels, batch_size, input_height, input_width, kernel_size, stride, padding, output_padding, dilation, groups, bias_tensor, conv_config, memory_config);
             },