diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qstringlistmodel/tst_qstringlistmodel.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qstringlistmodel/tst_qstringlistmodel.cpp
index 5585587717..fc65109bbc 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qstringlistmodel/tst_qstringlistmodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qstringlistmodel/tst_qstringlistmodel.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ template <class C>
 C sorted(C c)
 {
     std::sort(c.begin(), c.end());
-    return std::move(c);
+    return c;
 }
 
 void tst_QStringListModel::setData_emits_both_roles()