diff --git a/dht/i_partitioner.hh b/dht/i_partitioner.hh
index 470bc01b38..87e82c10e6 100644
--- a/dht/i_partitioner.hh
+++ b/dht/i_partitioner.hh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public:
      * (This is NOT a method to create a token from its string representation;
      * for that, use tokenFactory.fromString.)
      */
-    virtual token get_token(const schema& s, const partition_key& key) = 0;
+    virtual token get_token(const schema& s, partition_key_view key) = 0;
     virtual token get_token(const sstables::key_view& key) = 0;
 
     /**
diff --git a/dht/murmur3_partitioner.cc b/dht/murmur3_partitioner.cc
index 21e857c482..57a5232764 100644
--- a/dht/murmur3_partitioner.cc
+++ b/dht/murmur3_partitioner.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ murmur3_partitioner::get_token(const sstables::key_view& key) {
 }
 
 token
-murmur3_partitioner::get_token(const schema& s, const partition_key& key) {
+murmur3_partitioner::get_token(const schema& s, partition_key_view key) {
     std::array<uint64_t, 2> hash;
     auto&& legacy = key.legacy_form(s);
     utils::murmur_hash::hash3_x64_128(legacy.begin(), legacy.size(), 0, hash);
diff --git a/dht/murmur3_partitioner.hh b/dht/murmur3_partitioner.hh
index 96d4b1104f..4e8a5ed57b 100644
--- a/dht/murmur3_partitioner.hh
+++ b/dht/murmur3_partitioner.hh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace dht {
 
 class murmur3_partitioner final : public i_partitioner {
 public:
-    virtual token get_token(const schema& s, const partition_key& key);
+    virtual token get_token(const schema& s, partition_key_view key);
     virtual token get_token(const sstables::key_view& key);
     virtual bool preserves_order() override { return false; }
     virtual std::map<token, float> describe_ownership(const std::vector<token>& sorted_tokens);