diff --git a/proxygen/lib/http/session/HQSession.cpp b/proxygen/lib/http/session/HQSession.cpp
index d886de98ba..11973898cf 100644
--- a/proxygen/lib/http/session/HQSession.cpp
+++ b/proxygen/lib/http/session/HQSession.cpp
@@ -800,9 +800,10 @@ void HQSession::closeWhenIdle() {
 }
 
 void HQSession::dropConnection(const std::string& errorMsg) {
-  auto msg = errorMsg.empty() ? "Stopping" : errorMsg;
-  dropConnectionSync(quic::QuicError(HTTP3::ErrorCode::HTTP_NO_ERROR, msg),
-                     kErrorDropped);
+  std::string msg = errorMsg.empty() ? "Stopping" : errorMsg;
+  dropConnectionSync(
+      quic::QuicError(HTTP3::ErrorCode::HTTP_NO_ERROR, std::move(msg)),
+      kErrorDropped);
 }
 
 void HQSession::dropConnectionAsync(quic::QuicError errorCode,
@@ -1851,7 +1852,8 @@ void HQSession::handleSessionError(HQStreamBase* stream,
   // close received from the remote, we may have other readError callbacks on
   // other streams after this one. So run in the next loop callback, in this
   // same loop
-  dropConnectionAsync(quic::QuicError(appError, appErrorMsg), proxygenError);
+  dropConnectionAsync(quic::QuicError(appError, std::move(appErrorMsg)),
+                      proxygenError);
 }
 
 uint64_t HQSession::writeRequestStreams(uint64_t maxEgress) noexcept {
diff --git a/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/MockQuicSocketDriver.h b/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/MockQuicSocketDriver.h
index 09ad390694..71542dc589 100644
--- a/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/MockQuicSocketDriver.h
+++ b/proxygen/lib/http/session/test/MockQuicSocketDriver.h
@@ -980,9 +980,11 @@ class MockQuicSocketDriver : public folly::EventBase::LoopCallback {
           stream.readCB = nullptr;
           stream.peekCB = nullptr;
           if (rcb) {
-            rcb->readError(it.first, QuicError(error.code, error.message));
+            rcb->readError(it.first,
+                           QuicError(error.code, std::string(error.message)));
           } else {
-            pcb->peekError(it.first, QuicError(error.code, error.message));
+            pcb->peekError(it.first,
+                           QuicError(error.code, std::string(error.message)));
           }
         }
         stream.readState = ERROR;