diff --git a/src/node_file.cc b/src/node_file.cc
index 0dff5e84fcf1a0..e79c5dd8044d14 100644
--- a/src/node_file.cc
+++ b/src/node_file.cc
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ static void ReaddirRecursiveSync(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
       full_path += ent.name;
 
       if (with_file_types) {
-        paths.push_back(current_path);
+        paths.push_back(std::move(current_path));
         names.emplace_back(ent.name);
         types.push_back(static_cast<int>(ent.type));
       } else {
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ static void ReaddirRecursiveSync(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
           }
 #endif
           if (start_pos < full_path_length) {
-            relative_paths.emplace_back(full_path.substr(start_pos));
+            relative_paths.emplace_back(std::move(full_path.substr(start_pos)));
           }
         }
       }