diff --git a/pkg/storage/cacher.go b/pkg/storage/cacher.go
index a81c71a24a7..d82252c8c6a 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cacher.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cacher.go
@@ -557,12 +557,12 @@ func (c *Cacher) triggerValues(event *watchCacheEvent) ([]string, bool) {
 	return result, len(result) > 0
 }
 
-func (c *Cacher) processEvent(event watchCacheEvent) {
+func (c *Cacher) processEvent(event *watchCacheEvent) {
 	if curLen := int64(len(c.incoming)); c.incomingHWM.Update(curLen) {
 		// Monitor if this gets backed up, and how much.
 		glog.V(1).Infof("cacher (%v): %v objects queued in incoming channel.", c.objectType.String(), curLen)
 	}
-	c.incoming <- event
+	c.incoming <- *event
 }
 
 func (c *Cacher) dispatchEvents() {
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ type cacheWatcher struct {
 	forget  func(bool)
 }
 
-func newCacheWatcher(resourceVersion uint64, chanSize int, initEvents []watchCacheEvent, filter watchFilterFunc, forget func(bool)) *cacheWatcher {
+func newCacheWatcher(resourceVersion uint64, chanSize int, initEvents []*watchCacheEvent, filter watchFilterFunc, forget func(bool)) *cacheWatcher {
 	watcher := &cacheWatcher{
 		input:   make(chan watchCacheEvent, chanSize),
 		result:  make(chan watch.Event, chanSize),
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ func (c *cacheWatcher) sendWatchCacheEvent(event *watchCacheEvent) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *cacheWatcher) process(initEvents []watchCacheEvent, resourceVersion uint64) {
+func (c *cacheWatcher) process(initEvents []*watchCacheEvent, resourceVersion uint64) {
 	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
 
 	// Check how long we are processing initEvents.
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ func (c *cacheWatcher) process(initEvents []watchCacheEvent, resourceVersion uin
 	const initProcessThreshold = 500 * time.Millisecond
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	for _, event := range initEvents {
-		c.sendWatchCacheEvent(&event)
+		c.sendWatchCacheEvent(event)
 	}
 	processingTime := time.Since(startTime)
 	if processingTime > initProcessThreshold {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/cacher_whitebox_test.go b/pkg/storage/cacher_whitebox_test.go
index a40e2dfe882..d9c50a6a9f5 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cacher_whitebox_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cacher_whitebox_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestCacheWatcherCleanupNotBlockedByResult(t *testing.T) {
 		defer lock.Unlock()
 		count++
 	}
-	initEvents := []watchCacheEvent{
+	initEvents := []*watchCacheEvent{
 		{Object: &api.Pod{}},
 		{Object: &api.Pod{}},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/watch_cache.go b/pkg/storage/watch_cache.go
index 66769c7d753..27b7f97827f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/watch_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/watch_cache.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func storeElementKey(obj interface{}) (string, error) {
 // itself.
 type watchCacheElement struct {
 	resourceVersion uint64
-	watchCacheEvent watchCacheEvent
+	watchCacheEvent *watchCacheEvent
 }
 
 // watchCache implements a Store interface.
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ type watchCache struct {
 
 	// This handler is run at the end of every Add/Update/Delete method
 	// and additionally gets the previous value of the object.
-	onEvent func(watchCacheEvent)
+	onEvent func(*watchCacheEvent)
 
 	// for testing timeouts.
 	clock clock.Clock
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func (w *watchCache) processEvent(event watch.Event, resourceVersion uint64, upd
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	watchCacheEvent := watchCacheEvent{
+	watchCacheEvent := &watchCacheEvent{
 		Type:            event.Type,
 		Object:          event.Object,
 		ObjLabels:       objLabels,
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (w *watchCache) processEvent(event watch.Event, resourceVersion uint64, upd
 	if w.onEvent != nil {
 		w.onEvent(watchCacheEvent)
 	}
-	w.updateCache(resourceVersion, &watchCacheEvent)
+	w.updateCache(resourceVersion, watchCacheEvent)
 	w.resourceVersion = resourceVersion
 	w.cond.Broadcast()
 	return updateFunc(elem)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func (w *watchCache) updateCache(resourceVersion uint64, event *watchCacheEvent)
 		// Cache is full - remove the oldest element.
 		w.startIndex++
 	}
-	w.cache[w.endIndex%w.capacity] = watchCacheElement{resourceVersion, *event}
+	w.cache[w.endIndex%w.capacity] = watchCacheElement{resourceVersion, event}
 	w.endIndex++
 }
 
@@ -395,13 +395,13 @@ func (w *watchCache) SetOnReplace(onReplace func()) {
 	w.onReplace = onReplace
 }
 
-func (w *watchCache) SetOnEvent(onEvent func(watchCacheEvent)) {
+func (w *watchCache) SetOnEvent(onEvent func(*watchCacheEvent)) {
 	w.Lock()
 	defer w.Unlock()
 	w.onEvent = onEvent
 }
 
-func (w *watchCache) GetAllEventsSinceThreadUnsafe(resourceVersion uint64) ([]watchCacheEvent, error) {
+func (w *watchCache) GetAllEventsSinceThreadUnsafe(resourceVersion uint64) ([]*watchCacheEvent, error) {
 	size := w.endIndex - w.startIndex
 	oldest := w.resourceVersion
 	if size > 0 {
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func (w *watchCache) GetAllEventsSinceThreadUnsafe(resourceVersion uint64) ([]wa
 		//
 		// TODO: In v2 api, we should stop returning the current state - #13969.
 		allItems := w.store.List()
-		result := make([]watchCacheEvent, len(allItems))
+		result := make([]*watchCacheEvent, len(allItems))
 		for i, item := range allItems {
 			elem, ok := item.(*storeElement)
 			if !ok {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func (w *watchCache) GetAllEventsSinceThreadUnsafe(resourceVersion uint64) ([]wa
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			result[i] = watchCacheEvent{
+			result[i] = &watchCacheEvent{
 				Type:            watch.Added,
 				Object:          elem.Object,
 				ObjLabels:       objLabels,
@@ -445,14 +445,14 @@ func (w *watchCache) GetAllEventsSinceThreadUnsafe(resourceVersion uint64) ([]wa
 		return w.cache[(w.startIndex+i)%w.capacity].resourceVersion > resourceVersion
 	}
 	first := sort.Search(size, f)
-	result := make([]watchCacheEvent, size-first)
+	result := make([]*watchCacheEvent, size-first)
 	for i := 0; i < size-first; i++ {
 		result[i] = w.cache[(w.startIndex+first+i)%w.capacity].watchCacheEvent
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func (w *watchCache) GetAllEventsSince(resourceVersion uint64) ([]watchCacheEvent, error) {
+func (w *watchCache) GetAllEventsSince(resourceVersion uint64) ([]*watchCacheEvent, error) {
 	w.RLock()
 	defer w.RUnlock()
 	return w.GetAllEventsSinceThreadUnsafe(resourceVersion)