diff --git a/rust/lance-index/src/vector/hnsw.rs b/rust/lance-index/src/vector/hnsw.rs
index b72b4cc899..4c2e883b76 100644
--- a/rust/lance-index/src/vector/hnsw.rs
+++ b/rust/lance-index/src/vector/hnsw.rs
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ impl HNSW {
             ep = greedy_search(level, ep, query)?.1;
         }
 
-        let candidates = beam_search(&self.levels[0], &vec![ep], query, ef)?;
+        let candidates = beam_search(&self.levels[0], &[ep], query, ef)?;
         Ok(select_neighbors(&candidates, k)
             .map(|(d, u)| (u, d.into()))
             .collect())