diff --git a/source/darwin/darwin_pki_utils.c b/source/darwin/darwin_pki_utils.c
index 79ee97556..5d2c7fd56 100644
--- a/source/darwin/darwin_pki_utils.c
+++ b/source/darwin/darwin_pki_utils.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ int aws_secitem_import_cert_and_key(
     key_attributes = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(cf_alloc, 0, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);
     CFDictionaryAddValue(key_attributes, kSecAttrKeyClass, kSecAttrKeyClassPrivate);
     CFDictionaryAddValue(key_attributes, kSecAttrKeyType, key_type);
-    key_ref = SecKeyCreateWithData(key_data, key_attributes, error);
+    key_ref = SecKeyCreateWithData(key_data, key_attributes, &error);
 
     // Get the hash of the public key stored within the private key
     key_copied_attributes = SecKeyCopyAttributes(key_ref);