diff --git a/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.cpp b/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.cpp
index 0610812..36ec10d 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
 static void populateInterfacePropertyFromJson(
     nlohmann::json& systemConfiguration, const std::string& path,
-    const nlohmann::json& key, const nlohmann::json& value,
+    const std::string& key, const nlohmann::json& value,
     nlohmann::json::value_t type,
     std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::dbus_interface>& iface,
     sdbusplus::asio::PropertyPermission permission)