diff --git a/src/yuzu/applets/software_keyboard.cpp b/src/yuzu/applets/software_keyboard.cpp
index 7c95d730bb..5223ec9776 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/applets/software_keyboard.cpp
+++ b/src/yuzu/applets/software_keyboard.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void QtSoftwareKeyboard::SendTextCheckDialog(std::u16string error_message,
 void QtSoftwareKeyboard::MainWindowFinishedText(std::optional<std::u16string> text) {
     // Acquire the HLE mutex
     std::lock_guard lock{HLE::g_hle_lock};
-    text_output(text);
+    text_output(std::move(text));
 }
 
 void QtSoftwareKeyboard::MainWindowFinishedCheckDialog() {