diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/backends/basic_backend.cc b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/backends/basic_backend.cc
index ede988edea94b..be46733a39190 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/backends/basic_backend.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/backends/basic_backend.cc
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ void BasicBackend::StartAsyncInference(Ort::KernelContext& context, OVInferReque
           input_tensor_shape[tensor_iter] = *i;
           tensor_iter += 1;
         }
-        auto input = graph_input_info.at(input_idx);
+        const auto& input = graph_input_info.at(input_idx);
         OVTensorPtr tensor_ptr;
         // avoid input copies on the CPU device
         if (global_context_.device_type.find("CPU") != std::string::npos) {
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void BasicBackend::StartAsyncInference(Ort::KernelContext& context, OVInferReque
             ort_ov_tensor_map[ort_tensor_key] = ov_tensor_data;
 
             try {
-              infer_request->SetTensor(input_name, ov_tensor_data.tensor_ptr);
+              infer_request->SetTensor(std::move(input_name), ov_tensor_data.tensor_ptr);
             } catch (const char* msg) {
               ORT_THROW(msg);
             }
@@ -425,14 +425,14 @@ void BasicBackend::StartAsyncInference(Ort::KernelContext& context, OVInferReque
         if ((it == ort_ov_tensor_map.end()) ||
             (it != ort_ov_tensor_map.end() && (it->second.ort_ptr != tensor.GetTensorRawData()))) {
           ov_tensor_data_t ov_tensor_data;
-          auto output = graph_output_info.at(output_idx);
+          const auto& output = graph_output_info.at(output_idx);
           ov_tensor_data.ort_ptr = tensor.GetTensorRawData();
           ov_tensor_data.tensor_ptr = std::make_shared<ov::Tensor>(output.get_element_type(), output.get_shape(),
                                                                    const_cast<void*>(tensor.GetTensorRawData()));
           ort_ov_tensor_map[ort_tensor_key] = ov_tensor_data;
 
           try {
-            infer_request->SetTensor(output_name, ov_tensor_data.tensor_ptr);
+            infer_request->SetTensor(std::move(output_name), ov_tensor_data.tensor_ptr);
           } catch (const char* msg) {
             ORT_THROW(msg);
           }