diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDAlgoArguments.cc b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDAlgoArguments.cc
index 5b9e108990b30..f129700ddb15b 100644
--- a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDAlgoArguments.cc
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDAlgoArguments.cc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ xml_h DDAlgoArguments::rawArgument(const string& nam) const {
   for (xml_coll_t p(element, _U(star)); p; ++p) {
     string n = p.attr<string>(_U(name));
     if (n == nam) {
-      return std::move(p);
+      return p;
     }
   }
   except("DD4CMS", "+++ Attempt to access non-existing algorithm option %s[%s]", name.c_str(), nam.c_str());