diff --git a/common/workunit/workunit.cpp b/common/workunit/workunit.cpp
index 8e42207db59..112caeb9a7e 100644
--- a/common/workunit/workunit.cpp
+++ b/common/workunit/workunit.cpp
@@ -2708,7 +2708,7 @@ void StatisticsAggregator::recordStats(IStatisticCollection * sourceStats, unsig
     verifyex(graphScopeId.setScopeText(graphName));
     StatsScopeId wfScopeId(SSTworkflow, wfid);
     StatsScopeId sgScopeId(SSTsubgraph, sgId);
-    statsCollection->recordStats(mapping, sourceStats, {wfScopeId, graphScopeId, sgScopeId});
+    statsCollection->recordStats(mapping, sourceStats, {std::move(wfScopeId), std::move(graphScopeId), std::move(sgScopeId)});
 }
 
 // Recalculate aggregates and then write the aggregates to global stats (dali)
diff --git a/system/jlib/jstats.cpp b/system/jlib/jstats.cpp
index bba06151c6f..810879112c5 100644
--- a/system/jlib/jstats.cpp
+++ b/system/jlib/jstats.cpp
@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ class CStatisticCollection : public CInterfaceOf<IStatisticCollection>
 {
     friend class CollectionHashTable;
 
-    CStatisticCollection * ensureSubScopePath(std::initializer_list<const StatsScopeId> path)
+    CStatisticCollection * ensureSubScopePath(std::initializer_list<const StatsScopeId> & path)
     {
         CStatisticCollection * curScope = this;
         for (const auto & scopeItem: path)