diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
index 83a465ba83..859fa5023f 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die(_("index file corrupt"));
 
 	source = internal_prefix_pathspec(prefix, argv, argc, 0);
-	modes = xcalloc(argc, sizeof(enum update_mode));
+	CALLOC_ARRAY(modes, argc);
+
 	/*
 	 * Keep trailing slash, needed to let
 	 * "git mv file no-such-dir/" error out, except in the case
@@ -282,14 +283,11 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 remove_entry:
 		if (--argc > 0) {
 			int n = argc - i;
-			memmove(source + i, source + i + 1,
-				n * sizeof(char *));
-			memmove(destination + i, destination + i + 1,
-				n * sizeof(char *));
-			memmove(modes + i, modes + i + 1,
-				n * sizeof(enum update_mode));
-			memmove(submodule_gitfile + i, submodule_gitfile + i + 1,
-				n * sizeof(char *));
+			MOVE_ARRAY(source + i, source + i + 1, n);
+			MOVE_ARRAY(destination + i, destination + i + 1, n);
+			MOVE_ARRAY(modes + i, modes + i + 1, n);
+			MOVE_ARRAY(submodule_gitfile + i,
+				   submodule_gitfile + i + 1, n);
 			i--;
 		}
 	}