diff --git a/cbcontainers/state/components/sensor_daemon_set.go b/cbcontainers/state/components/sensor_daemon_set.go
index 3b5e130d..7568fce6 100644
--- a/cbcontainers/state/components/sensor_daemon_set.go
+++ b/cbcontainers/state/components/sensor_daemon_set.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (obj *SensorDaemonSetK8sObject) mutateContainersList(daemonSet *appsV1.Daem
 	var runtimeContainer coreV1.Container
 	var clusterScannerContainer coreV1.Container
 
-	templatePodSpec := daemonSet.Spec.Template.Spec
+	templatePodSpec := &daemonSet.Spec.Template.Spec
 
 	desiredContainers := make([]coreV1.Container, 0, 2)
 	runtimeEnabled := false