diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/NCCLUtils.cpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/NCCLUtils.cpp
index 2c50afd0d68..9b5c5962479 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/NCCLUtils.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/NCCLUtils.cpp
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ std::string getNcclErrorDetailStr(
 
 // Dump proxyTrace log to stdout
 void printNcclCommProxyTrace(
-    std::string& dumpReason,
+    const std::string& dumpReason,
     const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& dumpMap) {
   LOG(INFO) << "Dumping nccl comm trace, reason: " << dumpReason;
   for (auto& [key, value] : dumpMap) {
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/NCCLUtils.hpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/NCCLUtils.hpp
index 9b30fa5e03c..1ec81494856 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/NCCLUtils.hpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/NCCLUtils.hpp
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ struct ncclRedOpRAII {
 };
 
 void printNcclCommProxyTrace(
-    std::string dumpReason,
+    const std::string& dumpReason,
     const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& dumpMap);
 } // namespace c10d