diff --git a/src/app/georeferencer/qgsgeorefmainwindow.cpp b/src/app/georeferencer/qgsgeorefmainwindow.cpp
index c70ab6f62581..33fdc0a85e88 100644
--- a/src/app/georeferencer/qgsgeorefmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/georeferencer/qgsgeorefmainwindow.cpp
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ bool QgsGeoreferencerMainWindow::writePDFMapFile( const QString &fileName, const
 
   //create layout
   QgsLayout layout( QgsProject::instance() );
-  layout->renderContext().setTextRenderFormat( Qgis::TextRenderFormat::AlwaysText );
+  layout.renderContext().setTextRenderFormat( Qgis::TextRenderFormat::AlwaysText );
   std::unique_ptr< QgsLayoutItemPage > page = std::make_unique< QgsLayoutItemPage >( &layout );
 
   double leftMargin = 8;