diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/experimental/buffers/ring_buffer_implementation.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/experimental/buffers/ring_buffer_implementation.hpp
index 3036a5eeb4..e22397f30c 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/experimental/buffers/ring_buffer_implementation.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/experimental/buffers/ring_buffer_implementation.hpp
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ class RingBufferImplementation : public BufferImplementationBase<BufferT>
    *
    * \return a vector containing all the elements from the ring buffer
    */
-  template<typename T = BufferT, std::enable_if_t<is_std_unique_ptr<T>::value, void> * = nullptr>
+  template<typename T = BufferT, std::enable_if_t<is_std_unique_ptr<T>::value &&
+    std::is_copy_constructible<
+      typename is_std_unique_ptr<T>::Ptr_type
+    >::value,
+    void> * = nullptr>
   std::vector<BufferT> get_all_data_impl()
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
@@ -258,7 +262,8 @@ class RingBufferImplementation : public BufferImplementationBase<BufferT>
     return result_vtr;
   }
 
-  template<typename T = BufferT, std::enable_if_t<!is_std_unique_ptr<T>::value, void> * = nullptr>
+  template<typename T = BufferT, std::enable_if_t<
+      std::is_copy_constructible<T>::value, void> * = nullptr>
   std::vector<BufferT> get_all_data_impl()
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
@@ -270,6 +275,23 @@ class RingBufferImplementation : public BufferImplementationBase<BufferT>
     return result_vtr;
   }
 
+  template<typename T = BufferT, std::enable_if_t<!is_std_unique_ptr<T>::value &&
+    !std::is_copy_constructible<T>::value, void> * = nullptr>
+  std::vector<BufferT> get_all_data_impl()
+  {
+    throw std::logic_error("Underlined type results in invalid get_all_data_impl()");
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  template<typename T = BufferT, std::enable_if_t<is_std_unique_ptr<T>::value &&
+    !std::is_copy_constructible<typename is_std_unique_ptr<T>::Ptr_type>::value,
+    void> * = nullptr>
+  std::vector<BufferT> get_all_data_impl()
+  {
+    throw std::logic_error("Underlined type in unique_ptr results in invalid get_all_data_impl()");
+    return {};
+  }
+
   size_t capacity_;
 
   std::vector<BufferT> ring_buffer_;