diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Stdlib/ArrayManager.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Stdlib/ArrayManager.php
index fc2557e5d11e2..d14b3556caedc 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Stdlib/ArrayManager.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Stdlib/ArrayManager.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public function move($path, $targetPath, array $data, $overwrite = false, $delim
     {
         if ($this->find($path, $data, $delimiter)) {
             $parentNode = &$this->parentNode;
-            $nodeIndex = &$this->nodeIndex;
+            $nodeIndex = $this->nodeIndex;
 
             if ((!$this->find($targetPath, $data, $delimiter) || $overwrite)
                 && $this->find($targetPath, $data, $delimiter, true)