diff --git a/src/support/allocators/secure.h b/src/support/allocators/secure.h
index 4395567722..e7ffc9e201 100644
--- a/src/support/allocators/secure.h
+++ b/src/support/allocators/secure.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2009-present The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ secure_unique_ptr<T> make_secure_unique(Args&&... as)
 
     // initialize in place, and return as secure_unique_ptr
     try {
-        return secure_unique_ptr<T>(new (p) T(std::forward(as)...));
+        return secure_unique_ptr<T>(new (p) T(std::forward<Args>(as)...));
     } catch (...) {
         secure_allocator<T>().deallocate(p, 1);
         throw;