diff --git a/src/v/resource_mgmt/memory_sampling.cc b/src/v/resource_mgmt/memory_sampling.cc
index 3686b00f0bf37..63783a827844b 100644
--- a/src/v/resource_mgmt/memory_sampling.cc
+++ b/src/v/resource_mgmt/memory_sampling.cc
@@ -218,5 +218,5 @@ memory_sampling::get_sampled_memory_profiles(std::optional<size_t> shard_id) {
           });
     }
 
-    co_return std::move(resp);
+    co_return resp;
 }