diff --git a/src/db.c b/src/db.c
index a1f476e697..8bbc20c343 100644
--- a/src/db.c
+++ b/src/db.c
@@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@ void moveCommand(client *c) {
 
     dbAddByLink(dst, c->argv[1], &kv, &dstBucket);
     if (expire != -1)
-        setExpireByLink(c, dst, c->argv[1]->ptr, expire, dstBucket);
+        kv = setExpireByLink(c, dst, c->argv[1]->ptr, expire, dstBucket);
 
     /* If object of type hash with expiration on fields. Taken care to add the
      * hash to hexpires of `dst` only after dbDelete(). */
diff --git a/tests/unit/type/hash-field-expire.tcl b/tests/unit/type/hash-field-expire.tcl
index a94a6b303f..99404a1ca1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/type/hash-field-expire.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/type/hash-field-expire.tcl
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ start_server {tags {"external:skip needs:debug"}} {
             r select 9
             r flushall
             r hset myhash field1 value1
+            r expireat myhash 2000000000000 ;# Force kvobj reallocation during move command
             r hpexpire myhash 100 NX FIELDS 1 field1
             r move myhash 10
             assert_equal [r exists myhash] 0