diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_attribute.hh b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_attribute.hh
index c0242f74e81..48e1d6f3e75 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_attribute.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_attribute.hh
@@ -194,15 +194,21 @@ template<typename T> struct AttributeReader {
    */
   const ImplicitSharingInfo *sharing_info;
 
-  const VArray<T> &operator*() const
+  const VArray<T> &operator*() const &
   {
     return this->varray;
   }
-  VArray<T> &operator*()
+
+  VArray<T> &operator*() &
   {
     return this->varray;
   }
 
+  VArray<T> operator*() &&
+  {
+    return std::move(this->varray);
+  }
+
   operator bool() const
   {
     return this->varray;
@@ -329,15 +335,21 @@ struct GAttributeReader {
     return this->varray;
   }
 
-  const GVArray &operator*() const
+  const GVArray &operator*() const &
   {
     return this->varray;
   }
-  GVArray &operator*()
+
+  GVArray &operator*() &
   {
     return this->varray;
   }
 
+  GVArray operator*() &&
+  {
+    return std::move(this->varray);
+  }
+
   template<typename T> AttributeReader<T> typed() const
   {
     return {varray.typed<T>(), domain, sharing_info};
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/geometry_component_curves.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/geometry_component_curves.cc
index a59e14fe566..29017d111db 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/geometry_component_curves.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/geometry_component_curves.cc
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static VArray<float> construct_curve_length_gvarray(const CurvesGeometry &curves
 {
   curves.ensure_evaluated_lengths();
 
-  const VArray<bool> cyclic = curves.cyclic();
+  VArray<bool> cyclic = curves.cyclic();
   VArray<float> lengths = VArray<float>::ForFunc(
       curves.curves_num(), [&curves, cyclic = std::move(cyclic)](int64_t index) {
         return curves.evaluated_length_total_for_curve(index, cyclic[index]);
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_generic_virtual_array.hh b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_generic_virtual_array.hh
index e9cf2092d1c..c47b6da1e6a 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_generic_virtual_array.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_generic_virtual_array.hh
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class GVArray : public GVArrayCommon {
   GVArray(varray_tag::single /*tag*/, const CPPType &type, int64_t size, const void *value);
 
   template<typename T> GVArray(const VArray<T> &varray);
+  template<typename T> GVArray(VArray<T> &&varray);
   template<typename T> VArray<T> typed() const;
 
   template<typename ImplT, typename... Args> static GVArray For(Args &&...args);
@@ -870,7 +871,11 @@ template<typename ImplT, typename... Args> inline GVArray GVArray::For(Args &&..
   return varray;
 }
 
-template<typename T> inline GVArray::GVArray(const VArray<T> &varray)
+template<typename T> inline GVArray::GVArray(const VArray<T> &varray) : GVArray(VArray<T>(varray))
+{
+}
+
+template<typename T> inline GVArray::GVArray(VArray<T> &&varray)
 {
   if (!varray) {
     return;
@@ -889,7 +894,7 @@ template<typename T> inline GVArray::GVArray(const VArray<T> &varray)
   if (varray.try_assign_GVArray(*this)) {
     return;
   }
-  *this = GVArray::For<GVArrayImpl_For_VArray<T>>(varray);
+  *this = GVArray::For<GVArrayImpl_For_VArray<T>>(std::move(varray));
 }
 
 template<typename T> inline VArray<T> GVArray::typed() const
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_virtual_array.hh b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_virtual_array.hh
index 69f9018dec8..26a31a8be41 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_virtual_array.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_virtual_array.hh
@@ -1035,7 +1035,9 @@ template<typename T> class VArraySpan final : public Span<T> {
  public:
   VArraySpan() = default;
 
-  VArraySpan(VArray<T> varray) : Span<T>(), varray_(std::move(varray))
+  VArraySpan(const VArray<T> &varray) : VArraySpan(VArray<T>(varray)) {}
+
+  VArraySpan(VArray<T> &&varray) : Span<T>(), varray_(std::move(varray))
   {
     if (!varray_) {
       return;
diff --git a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_cache_impl_pointcloud.cc b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_cache_impl_pointcloud.cc
index e459b9139b7..48f5ad1d663 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_cache_impl_pointcloud.cc
+++ b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_cache_impl_pointcloud.cc
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static void pointcloud_extract_position_and_radius(const PointCloud &pointcloud,
   MutableSpan<float4> vbo_data{
       static_cast<float4 *>(GPU_vertbuf_get_data(cache.eval_cache.pos_rad)), pointcloud.totpoint};
   if (radii) {
-    const VArraySpan<float> radii_span(radii);
+    const VArraySpan<float> radii_span(std::move(radii));
     threading::parallel_for(vbo_data.index_range(), 4096, [&](IndexRange range) {
       for (const int i : range) {
         vbo_data[i].x = positions[i].x;
diff --git a/source/blender/geometry/intern/realize_instances.cc b/source/blender/geometry/intern/realize_instances.cc
index fd697ba8f71..1068b89330e 100644
--- a/source/blender/geometry/intern/realize_instances.cc
+++ b/source/blender/geometry/intern/realize_instances.cc
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static void gather_attributes_for_propagation(
     const bke::GeometrySet &geometry_set,
     const Span<bke::GeometryComponent::Type> component_types,
     const bke::GeometryComponent::Type dst_component_type,
-    const VArray<int> instance_depth,
+    const VArray<int> &instance_depth,
     const IndexMask selection,
     const bke::AnonymousAttributePropagationInfo &propagation_info,
     Map<AttributeIDRef, AttributeKind> &r_attributes)