diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/performance/MoveConstArgCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/performance/MoveConstArgCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/performance/MoveConstArgCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/performance/MoveConstArgCheck.cpp
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@
           << (InvocationParm->getFunctionScopeIndex() + 1) << FunctionName
           << *InvocationParmType << ExpectParmTypeName;
     }
-  } else if (ReceivingExpr) {
-    if ((*InvocationParmType)->isRValueReferenceType() || !CheckMoveToConstRef)
+  } else if (ReceivingExpr && CheckMoveToConstRef) {
+    if ((*InvocationParmType)->isRValueReferenceType())
       return;
 
     auto Diag = diag(FileMoveRange.getBegin(),