diff --git a/x/migration/types/msg_update_params.go b/x/migration/types/msg_update_params.go
index e36d023de..c228cb30f 100644
--- a/x/migration/types/msg_update_params.go
+++ b/x/migration/types/msg_update_params.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 )
 
-var _ sdk.Msg = &MsgUpdateParams{}
+var _ sdk.Msg = new(MsgUpdateParams)
 
 // ValidateBasic does a sanity check on the provided data.
 func (m *MsgUpdateParams) ValidateBasic() error {