diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qfuture_impl.h b/src/corelib/thread/qfuture_impl.h
index 5af37b970e7..90abb99d8e8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qfuture_impl.h
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qfuture_impl.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ auto createTuple(Arg &&arg, Args &&... args)
     constexpr auto Size = sizeof...(Args); // One less than the size of all arguments
     if constexpr (QtPrivate::IsPrivateSignalArg<std::tuple_element_t<Size, TupleType>>) {
         if constexpr (Size == 1) {
-            return std::move(arg);
+            return std::forward<Arg>(arg);
         } else {
             return cutTuple(std::make_tuple(std::forward<Arg>(arg), std::forward<Args>(args)...),
                             std::make_index_sequence<Size>());