diff --git a/libunwindstack/DexFile.cpp b/libunwindstack/DexFile.cpp
index dff7a8b3c..bf63abf1c 100644
--- a/libunwindstack/DexFile.cpp
+++ b/libunwindstack/DexFile.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<DexFileFromFile> DexFileFromFile::Create(uint64_t dex_file_offse
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  return std::unique_ptr<DexFileFromFile>(new DexFileFromFile(std::move(*art_dex_file.release())));
+  return std::unique_ptr<DexFileFromFile>(new DexFileFromFile(art_dex_file));
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<DexFileFromMemory> DexFileFromMemory::Create(uint64_t dex_file_offset_in_memory,
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<DexFileFromMemory> DexFileFromMemory::Create(uint64_t dex_file_o
 
     if (art_dex_file != nullptr) {
       return std::unique_ptr<DexFileFromMemory>(
-          new DexFileFromMemory(std::move(*art_dex_file.release()), std::move(backing_memory)));
+          new DexFileFromMemory(art_dex_file, std::move(backing_memory)));
     }
 
     if (!error_msg.empty()) {
diff --git a/libunwindstack/DexFile.h b/libunwindstack/DexFile.h
index ca658e688..4e8369f84 100644
--- a/libunwindstack/DexFile.h
+++ b/libunwindstack/DexFile.h
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class DexFile : protected art_api::dex::DexFile {
                                          MapInfo* info);
 
  protected:
-  DexFile(art_api::dex::DexFile&& art_dex_file) : art_api::dex::DexFile(std::move(art_dex_file)) {}
+  DexFile(std::unique_ptr<art_api::dex::DexFile>& art_dex_file)
+      : art_api::dex::DexFile(art_dex_file) {}
 };
 
 class DexFileFromFile : public DexFile {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class DexFileFromFile : public DexFile {
                                                  const std::string& file);
 
  private:
-  DexFileFromFile(art_api::dex::DexFile&& art_dex_file) : DexFile(std::move(art_dex_file)) {}
+  DexFileFromFile(std::unique_ptr<art_api::dex::DexFile>& art_dex_file) : DexFile(art_dex_file) {}
 };
 
 class DexFileFromMemory : public DexFile {
@@ -57,8 +58,9 @@ class DexFileFromMemory : public DexFile {
                                                    Memory* memory, const std::string& name);
 
  private:
-  DexFileFromMemory(art_api::dex::DexFile&& art_dex_file, std::vector<uint8_t>&& memory)
-      : DexFile(std::move(art_dex_file)), memory_(std::move(memory)) {}
+  DexFileFromMemory(std::unique_ptr<art_api::dex::DexFile>& art_dex_file,
+                    std::vector<uint8_t>&& memory)
+      : DexFile(art_dex_file), memory_(std::move(memory)) {}
 
   std::vector<uint8_t> memory_;
 };
diff --git a/libunwindstack/tests/DexFileTest.cpp b/libunwindstack/tests/DexFileTest.cpp
index 1b54da6fb..dc935a36e 100644
--- a/libunwindstack/tests/DexFileTest.cpp
+++ b/libunwindstack/tests/DexFileTest.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <malloc.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -72,6 +73,37 @@ TEST(DexFileTest, from_file_open_non_zero_offset) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(DexFileFromFile::Create(0x100, tf.path) != nullptr);
 }
 
+static constexpr size_t kNumLeakLoops = 5000;
+static constexpr size_t kMaxAllowedLeakBytes = 1024;
+
+static void CheckForLeak(size_t loop, size_t* first_allocated_bytes, size_t* last_allocated_bytes) {
+  size_t allocated_bytes = mallinfo().uordblks;
+  if (*first_allocated_bytes == 0) {
+    *first_allocated_bytes = allocated_bytes;
+  } else if (*last_allocated_bytes > *first_allocated_bytes) {
+    // Check that the total memory did not increase too much over the first loop.
+    ASSERT_LE(*last_allocated_bytes - *first_allocated_bytes, kMaxAllowedLeakBytes)
+        << "Failed in loop " << loop << " first_allocated_bytes " << *first_allocated_bytes
+        << " last_allocated_bytes " << *last_allocated_bytes;
+  }
+  *last_allocated_bytes = allocated_bytes;
+}
+
+TEST(DexFileTest, from_file_no_leak) {
+  TemporaryFile tf;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(tf.fd != -1);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(kDexData),
+            static_cast<size_t>(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(tf.fd, kDexData, sizeof(kDexData)))));
+
+  size_t first_allocated_bytes = 0;
+  size_t last_allocated_bytes = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < kNumLeakLoops; i++) {
+    EXPECT_TRUE(DexFileFromFile::Create(0, tf.path) != nullptr);
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(CheckForLeak(i, &first_allocated_bytes, &last_allocated_bytes));
+  }
+}
+
 TEST(DexFileTest, from_memory_fail_too_small_for_header) {
   MemoryFake memory;
 
@@ -96,6 +128,19 @@ TEST(DexFileTest, from_memory_open) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(DexFileFromMemory::Create(0x1000, &memory, "") != nullptr);
 }
 
+TEST(DexFileTest, from_memory_no_leak) {
+  MemoryFake memory;
+
+  memory.SetMemory(0x1000, kDexData, sizeof(kDexData));
+
+  size_t first_allocated_bytes = 0;
+  size_t last_allocated_bytes = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < kNumLeakLoops; i++) {
+    EXPECT_TRUE(DexFileFromMemory::Create(0x1000, &memory, "") != nullptr);
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(CheckForLeak(i, &first_allocated_bytes, &last_allocated_bytes));
+  }
+}
+
 TEST(DexFileTest, create_using_file) {
   TemporaryFile tf;
   ASSERT_TRUE(tf.fd != -1);