diff --git a/include/sol/stack_core.hpp b/include/sol/stack_core.hpp
index a6f900b1..ebe8dbe6 100644
--- a/include/sol/stack_core.hpp
+++ b/include/sol/stack_core.hpp
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ namespace sol {
 			template <typename T, typename Arg, typename... Args>
 			int push_reference(lua_State* L, Arg&& arg, Args&&... args) {
 				using use_reference_tag = meta::all<std::is_lvalue_reference<T>,
-				     meta::neg<std::is_const<T>>,
+				     meta::neg<std::is_const<std::remove_reference_t<T>>>,
 				     meta::neg<is_lua_primitive<meta::unqualified_t<T>>>,
 				     meta::neg<is_unique_usertype<meta::unqualified_t<T>>>>;
 				using Tr = meta::conditional_t<use_reference_tag::value, detail::as_reference_tag, meta::unqualified_t<T>>;