diff --git a/baseapp/abci.go b/baseapp/abci.go
index b5c44f1a7645..a8a806a7c6f0 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci.go
@@ -415,11 +415,11 @@ func (app *BaseApp) DeliverTx(req abci.RequestDeliverTx) (res abci.ResponseDeliv
 	fmt.Println("DeliverTx")
 	if sdk.MaxEventSize > 0 {
 		fmt.Println("sdk.MaxEventSize > 0", sdk.MaxEventSize)
-		for _, event := range result.Events {
-			for _, attr := range event.Attributes {
+		for i, event := range result.Events {
+			for j, attr := range event.Attributes {
 				fmt.Println("lengths", len([]byte(attr.Key)), len([]byte(attr.Value)))
 				if len([]byte(attr.Key))+len([]byte(attr.Value)) > sdk.MaxEventSize {
-					attr.Value = "evt val too large, inc max-event-size in config.toml"
+					result.Events[i].Attributes[j].Value = "evt val too large, inc max-event-size in config.toml"
 				}
 			}
 		}