diff --git a/src/frontend/mame/ui/miscmenu.cpp b/src/frontend/mame/ui/miscmenu.cpp
index f6190e5e7e1..07a1c065a63 100644
--- a/src/frontend/mame/ui/miscmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/mame/ui/miscmenu.cpp
@@ -555,8 +555,8 @@ void menu_quit_game::handle()
 //  ctor / dtor
 //-------------------------------------------------
 
-menu_export::menu_export(mame_ui_manager &mui, render_container &container, std::vector<const game_driver *> drvlist)
-	: menu(mui, container), m_list(drvlist)
+menu_export::menu_export(mame_ui_manager &mui, render_container &container, std::vector<const game_driver *> &&drvlist)
+	: menu(mui, container), m_list(std::move(drvlist))
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/mame/ui/miscmenu.h b/src/frontend/mame/ui/miscmenu.h
index 4544d75bc99..6b8dfff3b69 100644
--- a/src/frontend/mame/ui/miscmenu.h
+++ b/src/frontend/mame/ui/miscmenu.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ private:
 class menu_export : public menu
 {
 public:
-	menu_export(mame_ui_manager &mui, render_container &container, std::vector<const game_driver*> list);
+	menu_export(mame_ui_manager &mui, render_container &container, std::vector<const game_driver*> &&list);
 	virtual ~menu_export();
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/frontend/mame/ui/selgame.cpp b/src/frontend/mame/ui/selgame.cpp
index b94c12daf54..56b59b9ee56 100644
--- a/src/frontend/mame/ui/selgame.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/mame/ui/selgame.cpp
@@ -1635,19 +1635,17 @@ void menu_select_game::general_info(const game_driver *driver, std::string &buff
 
 void menu_select_game::inkey_export()
 {
-	std::vector<const game_driver *> list;
+	std::vector<game_driver const *> list;
 	if (m_search[0] != 0)
 	{
 		for (int curitem = 0; m_searchlist[curitem]; ++curitem)
-		{
 			list.push_back(m_searchlist[curitem]);
-		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		list = m_displaylist;
 	}
-	menu::stack_push<menu_export>(ui(), container(), list);
+	menu::stack_push<menu_export>(ui(), container(), std::move(list));
 }
 
 //-------------------------------------------------