diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc
index f69184175a3..e0121516b63 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ Vector<AttributeTransferData> retrieve_attributes_for_transfer(
       return true;
     }
 
-    const GVArray src = *src_attributes.lookup(id, meta_data.domain);
+    GVArray src = *src_attributes.lookup(id, meta_data.domain);
     GSpanAttributeWriter dst = dst_attributes.lookup_or_add_for_write_only_span(
         id, meta_data.domain, meta_data.data_type);
     attributes.append({std::move(src), meta_data, std::move(dst)});