diff --git a/Gems/ScriptEvents/Code/Include/ScriptEvents/Internal/VersionedProperty.h b/Gems/ScriptEvents/Code/Include/ScriptEvents/Internal/VersionedProperty.h
index 07d85adf05..b308a074e0 100644
--- a/Gems/ScriptEvents/Code/Include/ScriptEvents/Internal/VersionedProperty.h
+++ b/Gems/ScriptEvents/Code/Include/ScriptEvents/Internal/VersionedProperty.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace ScriptEventData
         {
             VersionedProperty property = VersionedProperty("Void");
             property.Set<const VoidType>(VoidType {});
-            return AZStd::ref(property);
+            return property;
         }
 
         template <typename T>