From 425d64c8407476aea3c99b7574e6a9044a242454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Coward <jason@opengeek.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:53:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid deprecated notice in modAccessibleObject::checkPolicy
 (#16443)

---
 core/src/Revolution/modAccessibleObject.php | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/src/Revolution/modAccessibleObject.php b/core/src/Revolution/modAccessibleObject.php
index af80f0baf37..95c5eddaecf 100644
--- a/core/src/Revolution/modAccessibleObject.php
+++ b/core/src/Revolution/modAccessibleObject.php
@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ public function remove(array $ancestors = [])
      */
     public function checkPolicy($criteria, $targets = null, modUser $user = null)
     {
-        if (!$user) {
-            $user = &$this->xpdo->user;
-        }
         if ($criteria && $this->xpdo instanceof modX && $this->xpdo->getSessionState() == modX::SESSION_STATE_INITIALIZED) {
+            if (!$user) {
+                $user = $this->xpdo->user;
+            }
             if ($user->get('sudo')) {
                 return true;
             }