diff --git a/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/include/iox2/sample_mut_uninit.hpp b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/include/iox2/sample_mut_uninit.hpp
index b90dc6489..286cbc258 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/include/iox2/sample_mut_uninit.hpp
+++ b/iceoryx2-ffi/cxx/include/iox2/sample_mut_uninit.hpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ inline void SampleMutUninit<S, Payload, UserHeader>::write_from_fn(
     const iox::function<typename T::ValueType(uint64_t)>& initializer) {
     auto slice = payload_mut();
     for (uint64_t i = 0; i < slice.number_of_elements(); ++i) {
-        new (&slice[i]) typename T::ValueType(initializer(i));
+        new (&slice[i]) typename T::ValueType(std::move(initializer(i)));
     }
 }