diff --git a/rclcpp/resource/logging.hpp.em b/rclcpp/resource/logging.hpp.em
index b4c1e97013..489fc43e00 100644
--- a/rclcpp/resource/logging.hpp.em
+++ b/rclcpp/resource/logging.hpp.em
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def is_supported_feature_combination(feature_combination):
  */
 #define RCLCPP_@(severity)@(suffix)(logger, @(''.join([p + ', ' for p in get_macro_parameters(feature_combination).keys()]))...) \
   static_assert( \
-    ::std::is_same<typename std::remove_reference<std::remove_const<decltype(logger)>::type>::type, \
+    ::std::is_same<typename std::remove_reference<std::remove_cv<decltype(logger)>::type>::type, \
     typename ::rclcpp::Logger>::value, \
     "First argument to logging macros must be an rclcpp::Logger"); \
   RCUTILS_LOG_@(severity)@(suffix)_NAMED( \