diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/audio_processing_impl.cc b/modules/audio_processing/audio_processing_impl.cc
index 0077c598ae..8d1cceeb02 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/audio_processing_impl.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/audio_processing_impl.cc
@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@ AudioProcessingImpl::AudioProcessingImpl(
     NonlinearBeamformer* beamformer)
     : data_dumper_(
           new ApmDataDumper(rtc::AtomicOps::Increment(&instance_count_))),
-      runtime_settings_(new SwapQueue<RuntimeSetting>(100)),
-      runtime_settings_enqueuer_(runtime_settings_.get()),
+      runtime_settings_(100),
+      runtime_settings_enqueuer_(&runtime_settings_),
       high_pass_filter_impl_(new HighPassFilterImpl(this)),
       echo_control_factory_(std::move(echo_control_factory)),
       submodule_states_(!!capture_post_processor, !!render_pre_processor),
@@ -812,8 +812,8 @@ void AudioProcessingImpl::SetRuntimeSetting(RuntimeSetting setting) {
 
 AudioProcessingImpl::RuntimeSettingEnqueuer::RuntimeSettingEnqueuer(
     SwapQueue<RuntimeSetting>* runtime_settings)
-    : runtime_settings_(runtime_settings) {
-  RTC_DCHECK(runtime_settings_);
+    : runtime_settings_(*runtime_settings) {
+  RTC_DCHECK(runtime_settings);
 }
 
 AudioProcessingImpl::RuntimeSettingEnqueuer::~RuntimeSettingEnqueuer() =
@@ -822,9 +822,9 @@ AudioProcessingImpl::RuntimeSettingEnqueuer::~RuntimeSettingEnqueuer() =
 void AudioProcessingImpl::RuntimeSettingEnqueuer::Enqueue(
     RuntimeSetting setting) {
   size_t remaining_attempts = 10;
-  while (!runtime_settings_->Insert(&setting) && remaining_attempts-- > 0) {
+  while (!runtime_settings_.Insert(&setting) && remaining_attempts-- > 0) {
     RuntimeSetting setting_to_discard;
-    if (runtime_settings_->Remove(&setting_to_discard))
+    if (runtime_settings_.Remove(&setting_to_discard))
       RTC_LOG(LS_ERROR)
           << "The runtime settings queue is full. Oldest setting discarded.";
   }
@@ -915,8 +915,7 @@ int AudioProcessingImpl::ProcessStream(const float* const* src,
 
 void AudioProcessingImpl::HandleRuntimeSettings() {
   RuntimeSetting setting;
-  while (runtime_settings_->Remove(&setting)) {
-    RTC_DCHECK(setting.type() != RuntimeSetting::Type::kNotSpecified);
+  while (runtime_settings_.Remove(&setting)) {
     switch (setting.type()) {
       case RuntimeSetting::Type::kCapturePreGain:
         if (config_.pre_amplifier.enabled) {
@@ -926,7 +925,7 @@ void AudioProcessingImpl::HandleRuntimeSettings() {
         }
         // TODO(bugs.chromium.org/9138): Log setting handling by Aec Dump.
         break;
-      default:
+      case RuntimeSetting::Type::kNotSpecified:
         RTC_NOTREACHED();
         break;
     }
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/audio_processing_impl.h b/modules/audio_processing/audio_processing_impl.h
index ff563b8226..a49924ddd9 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/audio_processing_impl.h
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/audio_processing_impl.h
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class AudioProcessingImpl : public AudioProcessing {
   std::unique_ptr<ApmDataDumper> data_dumper_;
   static int instance_count_;
 
-  std::unique_ptr<SwapQueue<RuntimeSetting>> runtime_settings_;
+  SwapQueue<RuntimeSetting> runtime_settings_;
 
   // Class providing thread-safe message pipe functionality for
   // |runtime_settings_|.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class AudioProcessingImpl : public AudioProcessing {
     void Enqueue(RuntimeSetting setting);
 
    private:
-    SwapQueue<RuntimeSetting>* runtime_settings_;
+    SwapQueue<RuntimeSetting>& runtime_settings_;
   } runtime_settings_enqueuer_;
 
   // Submodule interface implementations.