diff --git a/src/network/access/qrestaccessmanager.cpp b/src/network/access/qrestaccessmanager.cpp
index 9e0182c7cb0..e56aee1e5d1 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qrestaccessmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qrestaccessmanager.cpp
@@ -755,11 +755,11 @@ QNetworkReply *QRestAccessManager::customWithDataImpl(const QNetworkRequest &req
 
 QNetworkReply *QRestAccessManagerPrivate::createActiveRequest(QNetworkReply *reply,
                                                     const QObject *contextObject,
-                                                    QtPrivate::QSlotObjectBase *slot)
+                                                    QtPrivate::SlotObjUniquePtr slot)
 {
     Q_Q(QRestAccessManager);
     Q_ASSERT(reply);
-    QtPrivate::SlotObjSharedPtr slotPtr(QtPrivate::SlotObjUniquePtr{slot}); // adopts
+    QtPrivate::SlotObjSharedPtr slotPtr(std::move(slot)); // adopts
     activeRequests.insert(reply, CallerInfo{contextObject, slotPtr});
     // The signal connections below are made to 'q' to avoid stray signal
     // handling upon its destruction while requests were still in progress
diff --git a/src/network/access/qrestaccessmanager_p.h b/src/network/access/qrestaccessmanager_p.h
index 2e6c1afb907..dbe360f2ccd 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qrestaccessmanager_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qrestaccessmanager_p.h
@@ -36,18 +36,19 @@ public:
     ~QRestAccessManagerPrivate() override;
 
     QNetworkReply* createActiveRequest(QNetworkReply *reply, const QObject *contextObject,
-                                       QtPrivate::QSlotObjectBase *slot);
+                                       QtPrivate::SlotObjUniquePtr slot);
     void handleReplyFinished(QNetworkReply *reply);
 
     using ReqOpRef = qxp::function_ref<QNetworkReply*(QNetworkAccessManager*) const>;
     QNetworkReply *executeRequest(ReqOpRef requestOperation,
-                               const QObject *context, QtPrivate::QSlotObjectBase *slot)
+                                  const QObject *context, QtPrivate::QSlotObjectBase *rawSlot)
     {
+        QtPrivate::SlotObjUniquePtr slot(rawSlot);
         if (!qnam)
             return warnNoAccessManager();
         verifyThreadAffinity(context);
         QNetworkReply *reply = requestOperation(qnam);
-        return createActiveRequest(reply, context, slot);
+        return createActiveRequest(reply, context, std::move(slot));
     }
 
     using ReqOpRefJson = qxp::function_ref<QNetworkReply*(QNetworkAccessManager*,
@@ -55,8 +56,9 @@ public:
                                                           const QByteArray &) const>;
     QNetworkReply *executeRequest(ReqOpRefJson requestOperation, const QJsonDocument &jsonDoc,
                                const QNetworkRequest &request,
-                               const QObject *context, QtPrivate::QSlotObjectBase *slot)
+                               const QObject *context, QtPrivate::QSlotObjectBase *rawSlot)
     {
+        QtPrivate::SlotObjUniquePtr slot(rawSlot);
         if (!qnam)
             return warnNoAccessManager();
         verifyThreadAffinity(context);
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ public:
         }
         req.setHeaders(std::move(h));
         QNetworkReply *reply = requestOperation(qnam, req, jsonDoc.toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact));
-        return createActiveRequest(reply, context, slot);
+        return createActiveRequest(reply, context, std::move(slot));
     }
 
     void verifyThreadAffinity(const QObject *contextObject);