diff --git a/frontends/rioterm/src/screen/mod.rs b/frontends/rioterm/src/screen/mod.rs
index e0208a56d1..43b177faf2 100644
--- a/frontends/rioterm/src/screen/mod.rs
+++ b/frontends/rioterm/src/screen/mod.rs
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ impl Screen<'_> {
         self.state.set_ime(self.ime.preedit());
 
         self.state.prepare_term(
-            rows,
+            &rows,
             cursor,
             &mut self.sugarloaf,
             &self.context_manager,
diff --git a/frontends/rioterm/src/state/mod.rs b/frontends/rioterm/src/state/mod.rs
index bde181336b..7a2e6d1617 100644
--- a/frontends/rioterm/src/state/mod.rs
+++ b/frontends/rioterm/src/state/mod.rs
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ impl State {
     #[inline]
     pub fn prepare_term(
         &mut self,
-        rows: Vec<Row<Square>>,
+        rows: &[Row<Square>],
         cursor: CursorState,
         sugarloaf: &mut Sugarloaf,
         context_manager: &crate::context::ContextManager<rio_backend::event::EventProxy>,