diff --git a/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/image_to_tensor_converter_gl_buffer.cc b/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/image_to_tensor_converter_gl_buffer.cc
index d01916f3e..006ddeb69 100644
--- a/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/image_to_tensor_converter_gl_buffer.cc
+++ b/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/image_to_tensor_converter_gl_buffer.cc
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class GlProcessor : public ImageToTensorConverter {
       return absl::OkStatus();
     }));
 
-    return tensor;
+    return absl::StatusOr<mediapipe::Tensor> (mediapipe::Tensor(std::move(tensor)));
   }
 
   ~GlProcessor() override {
diff --git a/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/image_to_tensor_converter_opencv.cc b/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/image_to_tensor_converter_opencv.cc
index 22131a7e7..d9df61917 100644
--- a/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/image_to_tensor_converter_opencv.cc
+++ b/mediapipe/calculators/tensor/image_to_tensor_converter_opencv.cc
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class OpenCvProcessor : public ImageToTensorConverter {
         GetValueRangeTransformation(kInputImageRangeMin, kInputImageRangeMax,
                                     range_min, range_max));
     transformed.convertTo(dst, CV_32FC3, transform.scale, transform.offset);
-    return tensor;
+    return absl::StatusOr<mediapipe::Tensor> (mediapipe::Tensor(std::move(tensor))); 
   }
 
  private: