diff --git a/src/gui/text/qdistancefield.cpp b/src/gui/text/qdistancefield.cpp
index adbde11237..fe230188c6 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qdistancefield.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qdistancefield.cpp
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ QImage QDistanceField::toImage(QImage::Format format) const
         }
 
         if (image.format() != format)
-            image = image.convertToFormat(format);
+            image = std::move(image).convertToFormat(format);
     }
 
     return image;