diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale.qdoc b/src/corelib/text/qlocale.qdoc
index 09d037b0ea5..f3f0a5cc2db 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale.qdoc
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@
 */
 
 /*!
-    \fn QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in = QVariant()) const
+    \fn QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant &&in = QVariant()) const
 
     Generic query method for locale data. Provides indirection.
     Denotes the \a type of the query
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_mac.mm b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_mac.mm
index 65891d6a3b0..ed4399e6a37 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_mac.mm
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_mac.mm
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static QLocale::Language codeToLanguage(QStringView s)
     return QLocalePrivate::codeToLanguage(s);
 }
 
-QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in) const
+QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant &&in) const
 {
     QMacAutoReleasePool pool;
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_p.h b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_p.h
index ee333e9c8fc..8fbc0678b80 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_p.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public:
         StandaloneDayNameShort, // QString, in: int
         StandaloneDayNameNarrow // QString, in: int
     };
-    virtual QVariant query(QueryType type, QVariant in = QVariant()) const;
+    virtual QVariant query(QueryType type, QVariant &&in = QVariant()) const;
 
     virtual QLocale fallbackLocale() const;
     inline qsizetype fallbackLocaleIndex() const;
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_unix.cpp
index db4108fb71c..a934f24c016 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_unix.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ QLocale QSystemLocale::fallbackLocale() const
     return QLocale(lang);
 }
 
-QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in) const
+QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant &&in) const
 {
     QSystemLocaleData *d = qSystemLocaleData();
 
@@ -258,9 +258,10 @@ QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in) const
         return d->uiLanguages.isEmpty() ? QVariant() : QVariant(d->uiLanguages);
     }
     case StringToStandardQuotation:
-        return lc_messages.quoteString(qvariant_cast<QStringView>(in));
+        return lc_messages.quoteString(qvariant_cast<QStringView>(std::move(in)));
     case StringToAlternateQuotation:
-        return lc_messages.quoteString(qvariant_cast<QStringView>(in), QLocale::AlternateQuotation);
+        return lc_messages.quoteString(qvariant_cast<QStringView>(std::move(in)),
+                                       QLocale::AlternateQuotation);
     case ListToSeparatedString:
         return lc_messages.createSeparatedList(in.toStringList());
     case LocaleChanged:
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_wasm.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_wasm.cpp
index e67eccb1227..6b011af4a73 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_wasm.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_wasm.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ QStringList navigatorLanguages()
 
 }
 
-QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType query, QVariant in) const
+QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType query, QVariant &&in) const
 {
     Q_UNUSED(in);
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_win.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_win.cpp
index 89779bcd2f4..0a207a4edeb 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_win.cpp
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ QLocale QSystemLocale::fallbackLocale() const
     return QLocale(QString::fromLatin1(getWinLocaleName()));
 }
 
-QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in) const
+QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant &&in) const
 {
     QSystemLocalePrivate *d = systemLocalePrivate();
     switch(type) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.cpp
index d1e9dd81c29..c5f2e59097f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void QAndroidSystemLocale::getLocaleFromJava() const
     m_locale = QLocale(languageCode + u'_' + countryCode);
 }
 
-QVariant QAndroidSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in) const
+QVariant QAndroidSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant &&in) const
 {
     if (type == LocaleChanged) {
         getLocaleFromJava();
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.h b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.h
index b4a4070bd59..cd37b482708 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class QAndroidSystemLocale : public QSystemLocale
 public:
     QAndroidSystemLocale();
 
-    QVariant query(QueryType type, QVariant in) const override;
+    QVariant query(QueryType type, QVariant &&in) const override;
     QLocale fallbackLocale() const override;
 
 private:
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
index bfbdfc9bc59..d338b20632a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
@@ -3973,7 +3973,7 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    QVariant query(QueryType type, QVariant /*in*/) const override
+    QVariant query(QueryType type, QVariant &&/*in*/) const override
     {
         switch (type) {
         case UILanguages: