diff --git a/bindings/node/native/src/encoding.rs b/bindings/node/native/src/encoding.rs
index 618d229f..8d72507f 100644
--- a/bindings/node/native/src/encoding.rs
+++ b/bindings/node/native/src/encoding.rs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ declare_types! {
             let mut this = cx.this();
             let guard = cx.lock();
             this.borrow_mut(&guard).encoding.execute_mut(|encoding| {
-                encoding.unwrap().pad(length, pad_id, pad_type_id, &pad_token, &direction);
+                encoding.unwrap().pad(length, pad_id, pad_type_id, &pad_token, direction);
             });
 
             Ok(cx.undefined().upcast())
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/encoding.rs b/bindings/python/src/encoding.rs
index 487fc306..3056c371 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/encoding.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/encoding.rs
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ impl Encoding {
 
         Ok(self
             .encoding
-            .pad(length, pad_id, pad_type_id, pad_token, &direction))
+            .pad(length, pad_id, pad_type_id, pad_token, direction))
     }
 
     #[args(kwargs = "**")]