diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/dma_buf_allocator.h b/include/libcamera/internal/dma_buf_allocator.h
index fc5de2c13edd..0cb20963098c 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/dma_buf_allocator.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/dma_buf_allocator.h
@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ public:
 
 	explicit DmaSyncer(SharedFD fd, SyncType type = SyncType::ReadWrite);
 
+	DmaSyncer(DmaSyncer &&) = default;
+	DmaSyncer &operator=(DmaSyncer &&) = default;
+
 	~DmaSyncer();
 
 private:
+	LIBCAMERA_DISABLE_COPY(DmaSyncer)
+
 	void sync(uint64_t step);
 
 	SharedFD fd_;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/dma_buf_allocator.cpp b/src/libcamera/dma_buf_allocator.cpp
index 3cc52f9686b0..5f517828d960 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/dma_buf_allocator.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/dma_buf_allocator.cpp
@@ -311,6 +311,16 @@ DmaSyncer::DmaSyncer(SharedFD fd, SyncType type)
 	sync(DMA_BUF_SYNC_START);
 }
 
+/**
+ * \fn DmaSyncer::DmaSyncer(DmaSyncer &&) = default;
+ * \brief Enable move on class DmaSyncer
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \fn DmaSyncer::operator=(DmaSyncer &&) = default;
+ * \brief Enable move on class DmaSyncer
+ */
+
 DmaSyncer::~DmaSyncer()
 {
 	sync(DMA_BUF_SYNC_END);