diff --git a/src/bindings/cxx/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh b/src/bindings/cxx/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh
index a83688a3d9..5dac150b20 100644
--- a/src/bindings/cxx/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh
+++ b/src/bindings/cxx/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ inline void do_eo_add(Eo*& object, P const& parent
                       , Efl_Class const* klass
                       , typename std::enable_if< eo::is_eolian_object<P>::value>::type* = 0)
 {
-  bool is_ref = (parent._eo_ptr() != nullptr);
+  bool const is_ref = true;
   object = ::_efl_add_internal_start(__FILE__, __LINE__, klass, parent._eo_ptr(), is_ref, EINA_FALSE);
   object = ::_efl_add_end(object, is_ref, EINA_FALSE);
 }