diff --git a/src/value/mod.rs b/src/value/mod.rs
index b3f51ea0d..3e80eb0c7 100644
--- a/src/value/mod.rs
+++ b/src/value/mod.rs
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ where
 ///         "location": "Menlo Park, CA"
 ///     });
 ///
-///     let u: User = serde_json::from_value(j).unwrap();
+///     let u: User = serde_json::from_value(&j).unwrap();
 ///     println!("{:#?}", u);
 /// }
 /// ```
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ where
 /// is wrong with the data, for example required struct fields are missing from
 /// the JSON map or some number is too big to fit in the expected primitive
 /// type.
-pub fn from_value<T>(value: Value) -> Result<T, Error>
+pub fn from_value<T>(value: &Value) -> Result<T, Error>
 where
     T: DeserializeOwned,
 {
diff --git a/tests/regression/issue520.rs b/tests/regression/issue520.rs
index 730ecc60a..88c9a33c4 100644
--- a/tests/regression/issue520.rs
+++ b/tests/regression/issue520.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ enum E {
 fn test() {
     let e = E::Float(159.1);
     let v = serde_json::to_value(e).unwrap();
-    let e = serde_json::from_value::<E>(v).unwrap();
+    let e = serde_json::from_value::<E>(&v).unwrap();
 
     match e {
         E::Float(f) => assert_eq!(f, 159.1),
diff --git a/tests/regression/issue795.rs b/tests/regression/issue795.rs
index 411e8af5d..f03c88580 100644
--- a/tests/regression/issue795.rs
+++ b/tests/regression/issue795.rs
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ fn test() {
     assert!(serde_json::from_str::<Enum>(s).is_err());
 
     let j = json!({"Variant":{"x":0,"y":0}});
-    assert!(serde_json::from_value::<Enum>(j).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_value::<Enum>(&j).is_err());
 }
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index 7e6adad76..6c0f214b5 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -614,11 +614,11 @@ where
         assert_eq!(v, value);
 
         // Make sure we can deserialize from a `Value`.
-        let v: T = from_value(json_value.clone()).unwrap();
+        let v: T = from_value(&json_value).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(v, value);
 
         // Make sure we can round trip back to `Value`.
-        let json_value2: Value = from_value(json_value.clone()).unwrap();
+        let json_value2: Value = from_value(&json_value).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(json_value2, json_value);
 
         // Make sure we can fully ignore.
@@ -1413,10 +1413,10 @@ fn test_missing_option_field() {
     let value: Foo = from_str("{\"x\": 5}").unwrap();
     assert_eq!(value, Foo { x: Some(5) });
 
-    let value: Foo = from_value(json!({})).unwrap();
+    let value: Foo = from_value(&json!({})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(value, Foo { x: None });
 
-    let value: Foo = from_value(json!({"x": 5})).unwrap();
+    let value: Foo = from_value(&json!({"x": 5})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(value, Foo { x: Some(5) });
 }
 
@@ -1444,10 +1444,10 @@ fn test_missing_renamed_field() {
     let value: Foo = from_str("{\"y\": 5}").unwrap();
     assert_eq!(value, Foo { x: Some(5) });
 
-    let value: Foo = from_value(json!({})).unwrap();
+    let value: Foo = from_value(&json!({})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(value, Foo { x: None });
 
-    let value: Foo = from_value(json!({"y": 5})).unwrap();
+    let value: Foo = from_value(&json!({"y": 5})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(value, Foo { x: Some(5) });
 }
 
@@ -1899,13 +1899,13 @@ fn test_integer_key() {
         (r#"{"123 ":null}"#, "expected `\"` at line 1 column 6"),
     ]);
 
-    let err = from_value::<BTreeMap<i32, ()>>(json!({" 123":null})).unwrap_err();
+    let err = from_value::<BTreeMap<i32, ()>>(&json!({" 123":null})).unwrap_err();
     assert_eq!(
         err.to_string(),
         "invalid value: expected key to be a number in quotes",
     );
 
-    let err = from_value::<BTreeMap<i32, ()>>(json!({"123 ":null})).unwrap_err();
+    let err = from_value::<BTreeMap<i32, ()>>(&json!({"123 ":null})).unwrap_err();
     assert_eq!(
         err.to_string(),
         "invalid value: expected key to be a number in quotes",