diff --git a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/replace_known_methods.rs b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/replace_known_methods.rs
index 88fd95ce39d53..6f895580eeed9 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/replace_known_methods.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/peephole/replace_known_methods.rs
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ impl<'a> PeepholeOptimizations {
 
         Some(ctx.ast.expression_binary(
             span,
-            wrap_with_unary_plus_if_needed(first_arg),
+            // see [`PeepholeOptimizations::is_binary_operator_that_does_number_conversion`] why it does not require `wrap_with_unary_plus_if_needed` here
+            ctx.ast.move_expression(first_arg),
             BinaryOperator::Exponential,
             wrap_with_unary_plus_if_needed(second_arg),
         ))