diff --git a/src/torchcodec/_core/SingleStreamDecoder.cpp b/src/torchcodec/_core/SingleStreamDecoder.cpp
index 72cd7afac..b30a4967d 100644
--- a/src/torchcodec/_core/SingleStreamDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/torchcodec/_core/SingleStreamDecoder.cpp
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ FrameOutput SingleStreamDecoder::convertAVFrameToFrameOutput(
       getDuration(avFrame),
       formatContext_->streams[activeStreamIndex_]->time_base);
   deviceInterface_->convertAVFrameToFrameOutput(
-      avFrame, frameOutput, preAllocatedOutputTensor);
+      avFrame, frameOutput, std::move(preAllocatedOutputTensor));
   return frameOutput;
 }