diff --git a/include/pybind11/functional.h b/include/pybind11/functional.h
index b4528cf7ca..53c9e41f2d 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/functional.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/functional.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct func_handle {
 // to emulate 'move initialization capture' in C++11
 struct func_wrapper_base {
     func_handle hfunc;
-    explicit func_wrapper_base(func_handle &&hf) noexcept : hfunc(std::move(hf)) {}
+    explicit func_wrapper_base(func_handle &&hf) noexcept : hfunc(hf) {}
 };
 
 template <typename Return, typename... Args>