diff --git a/src/api/api.c b/src/api/api.c
index c2ea75181..3f7fc0c20 100644
--- a/src/api/api.c
+++ b/src/api/api.c
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ z_result_t z_query_take_from_loaned(z_owned_query_t *dst, z_loaned_query_t *src)
         z_internal_query_null(dst);
         return _Z_ERR_SYSTEM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
     }
-    return _Z_RES_OK;
+    return _z_keyexpr_to_non_aliased(&dst->_rc._val->_key);
 }
 
 void _z_queryable_drop(_z_queryable_t *queryable) {