diff --git a/src/dragonball/src/vm/aarch64.rs b/src/dragonball/src/vm/aarch64.rs
index fe8f23207c..4b9509fa15 100644
--- a/src/dragonball/src/vm/aarch64.rs
+++ b/src/dragonball/src/vm/aarch64.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl Vm {
         cmdline: &'a str,
         initrd_config: Option<&'a InitrdConfig>,
         vcpu_manager: &'a MutexGuard<VcpuManager>,
-    ) -> FdtVmInfo {
+    ) -> FdtVmInfo<'a> {
         let guest_memory = vm_memory.memory();
         let vcpu_mpidr = vcpu_manager
             .vcpus()