diff --git a/esphome/components/api/user_services.h b/esphome/components/api/user_services.h
index 5f040e8433..170a2f7090 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/user_services.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/user_services.h
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ template<typename T> enums::ServiceArgType to_service_arg_type();
 
 template<typename... Ts> class UserServiceBase : public UserServiceDescriptor {
  public:
-  UserServiceBase(std::string name, const std::array<std::string, sizeof...(Ts)> &arg_names)
-      : name_(std::move(name)), arg_names_(arg_names) {
+  UserServiceBase(const std::string &name, const std::array<std::string, sizeof...(Ts)> &arg_names)
+      : name_(name), arg_names_(arg_names) {
     this->key_ = fnv1_hash(this->name_);
   }
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ template<typename... Ts> class UserServiceBase : public UserServiceDescriptor {
 
  protected:
   virtual void execute(Ts... x) = 0;
-  template<int... S> void execute_(std::vector<ExecuteServiceArgument> args, seq<S...> type) {
+  template<int... S> void execute_(const std::vector<ExecuteServiceArgument> &args, seq<S...> type) {
     this->execute((get_execute_arg_value<Ts>(args[S]))...);
   }