diff --git a/vulkan/libvulkan/api.cpp b/vulkan/libvulkan/api.cpp
index 4d30bbb..f5daca7 100644
--- a/vulkan/libvulkan/api.cpp
+++ b/vulkan/libvulkan/api.cpp
@@ -1049,7 +1049,8 @@
 VkResult LayerChain::CreateInstance(const VkInstanceCreateInfo* create_info,
                                     const VkAllocationCallbacks* allocator,
                                     VkInstance* instance_out) {
-    LayerChain chain(true, driver::DebugReportLogger(*create_info),
+    const driver::DebugReportLogger logger(*create_info);
+    LayerChain chain(true, logger,
                      (allocator) ? *allocator : driver::GetDefaultAllocator());
 
     VkResult result = chain.ActivateLayers(create_info->ppEnabledLayerNames,
@@ -1074,8 +1075,9 @@
                                   const VkDeviceCreateInfo* create_info,
                                   const VkAllocationCallbacks* allocator,
                                   VkDevice* dev_out) {
+    const driver::DebugReportLogger logger = driver::Logger(physical_dev);
     LayerChain chain(
-        false, driver::Logger(physical_dev),
+        false, logger,
         (allocator) ? *allocator : driver::GetData(physical_dev).allocator);
 
     VkResult result = chain.ActivateLayers(