diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/graph/graph_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/graph/graph_impl.cpp
index 0427c0a0c6ad9..ad5058361b6d4 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/graph/graph_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/graph/graph_impl.cpp
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ exec_graph_impl::exec_graph_impl(sycl::context Context,
   duplicateNodes();
 
   if (auto PlaceholderQueuePtr = GraphImpl->getQueue()) {
-    MQueueImpl = PlaceholderQueuePtr;
+    MQueueImpl = std::move(PlaceholderQueuePtr);
   } else {
     MQueueImpl = sycl::detail::queue_impl::create(
         *sycl::detail::getSyclObjImpl(GraphImpl->getDevice()),