diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go
index 972813d9df5..3a86292133a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type Manager interface {
 	// GetTopologyHints implements the topologymanager.HintProvider Interface
 	// and is consulted to achieve NUMA aware resource alignment among this
 	// and other resource controllers.
-	GetTopologyHints(v1.Pod, v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint
+	GetTopologyHints(*v1.Pod, *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint
 }
 
 type manager struct {
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func (m *manager) State() state.Reader {
 	return m.state
 }
 
-func (m *manager) GetTopologyHints(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
+func (m *manager) GetTopologyHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
 	// Garbage collect any stranded resources before providing TopologyHints
 	m.removeStaleState()
 	// Delegate to active policy
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager_test.go
index 2b21ace5463..451943e6d4b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (p *mockPolicy) RemoveContainer(s state.State, podUID string, containerName
 	return p.err
 }
 
-func (p *mockPolicy) GetTopologyHints(s state.State, pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
+func (p *mockPolicy) GetTopologyHints(s state.State, pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/fake_cpu_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/fake_cpu_manager.go
index d3b3eca6c1c..d958935db62 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/fake_cpu_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/fake_cpu_manager.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (m *fakeManager) RemoveContainer(containerID string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *fakeManager) GetTopologyHints(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
+func (m *fakeManager) GetTopologyHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
 	klog.Infof("[fake cpumanager] Get Topology Hints")
 	return map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint{}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy.go
index 63e031b4a95..2031612be91 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy.go
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ type Policy interface {
 	// GetTopologyHints implements the topologymanager.HintProvider Interface
 	// and is consulted to achieve NUMA aware resource alignment among this
 	// and other resource controllers.
-	GetTopologyHints(s state.State, pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint
+	GetTopologyHints(s state.State, pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_none.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_none.go
index be46369836b..77cd367b642 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_none.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_none.go
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ func (p *nonePolicy) RemoveContainer(s state.State, podUID string, containerName
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *nonePolicy) GetTopologyHints(s state.State, pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
+func (p *nonePolicy) GetTopologyHints(s state.State, pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
index 8502c1f2f0b..c088df866eb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func (p *staticPolicy) guaranteedCPUs(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) int
 	return int(cpuQuantity.Value())
 }
 
-func (p *staticPolicy) GetTopologyHints(s state.State, pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
+func (p *staticPolicy) GetTopologyHints(s state.State, pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
 	// If there are no CPU resources requested for this container, we do not
 	// generate any topology hints.
 	if _, ok := container.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceCPU]; !ok {
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func (p *staticPolicy) GetTopologyHints(s state.State, pod v1.Pod, container v1.
 	}
 
 	// Get a count of how many guaranteed CPUs have been requested.
-	requested := p.guaranteedCPUs(&pod, &container)
+	requested := p.guaranteedCPUs(pod, container)
 
 	// If there are no guaranteed CPUs being requested, we do not generate
 	// any topology hints. This can happen, for example, because init
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology_hints_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology_hints_test.go
index aaf28f49a44..16761157aaf 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology_hints_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology_hints_test.go
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func TestGetTopologyHints(t *testing.T) {
 			sourcesReady:      &sourcesReadyStub{},
 		}
 
-		hints := m.GetTopologyHints(tc.pod, tc.container)[string(v1.ResourceCPU)]
+		hints := m.GetTopologyHints(&tc.pod, &tc.container)[string(v1.ResourceCPU)]
 		if len(tc.expectedHints) == 0 && len(hints) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager_stub.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager_stub.go
index a22e01b29fa..f35e0c74a4b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager_stub.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/manager_stub.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (h *ManagerStub) GetWatcherHandler() cache.PluginHandler {
 }
 
 // GetTopologyHints returns an empty TopologyHint map
-func (h *ManagerStub) GetTopologyHints(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
+func (h *ManagerStub) GetTopologyHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
 	return map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint{}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints.go
index 7a8d1925896..b8ea54ef87e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 // GetTopologyHints implements the TopologyManager HintProvider Interface which
 // ensures the Device Manager is consulted when Topology Aware Hints for each
 // container are created.
-func (m *ManagerImpl) GetTopologyHints(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
+func (m *ManagerImpl) GetTopologyHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint {
 	// Garbage collect any stranded device resources before providing TopologyHints
 	m.updateAllocatedDevices(m.activePods())
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints_test.go
index b69a7e3c62d..02bc63eb55f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/topology_hints_test.go
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func TestGetTopologyHints(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		hints := m.GetTopologyHints(*pod, pod.Spec.Containers[0])
+		hints := m.GetTopologyHints(pod, &pod.Spec.Containers[0])
 
 		for r := range tc.expectedHints {
 			sort.SliceStable(hints[r], func(i, j int) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go
index 4d7c9b8af9e..4f6351410bb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/types.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ type Manager interface {
 
 	// TopologyManager HintProvider provider indicates the Device Manager implements the Topology Manager Interface
 	// and is consulted to make Topology aware resource alignments
-	GetTopologyHints(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint
+	GetTopologyHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]topologymanager.TopologyHint
 }
 
 // DeviceRunContainerOptions contains the combined container runtime settings to consume its allocated devices.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_test.go
index c8aa12bbaf9..d106e062092 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_test.go
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ func testPolicyMerge(policy Policy, tcases []policyMergeTestCase, t *testing.T)
 	for _, tc := range tcases {
 		var providersHints []map[string][]TopologyHint
 		for _, provider := range tc.hp {
-			hints := provider.GetTopologyHints(v1.Pod{}, v1.Container{})
+			hints := provider.GetTopologyHints(&v1.Pod{}, &v1.Container{})
 			providersHints = append(providersHints, hints)
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
index be421b97e51..7c65d4d1840 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ type HintProvider interface {
 	// this function for each hint provider, and merges the hints to produce
 	// a consensus "best" hint. The hint providers may subsequently query the
 	// topology manager to influence actual resource assignment.
-	GetTopologyHints(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]TopologyHint
+	GetTopologyHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]TopologyHint
 }
 
 //Store interface is to allow Hint Providers to retrieve pod affinity
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (m *manager) GetAffinity(podUID string, containerName string) TopologyHint
 	return m.podTopologyHints[podUID][containerName]
 }
 
-func (m *manager) accumulateProvidersHints(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) (providersHints []map[string][]TopologyHint) {
+func (m *manager) accumulateProvidersHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) (providersHints []map[string][]TopologyHint) {
 	// Loop through all hint providers and save an accumulated list of the
 	// hints returned by each hint provider.
 	for _, provider := range m.hintProviders {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (m *manager) accumulateProvidersHints(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) (
 }
 
 // Collect Hints from hint providers and pass to policy to retrieve the best one.
-func (m *manager) calculateAffinity(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) (TopologyHint, bool) {
+func (m *manager) calculateAffinity(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) (TopologyHint, bool) {
 	providersHints := m.accumulateProvidersHints(pod, container)
 	bestHint, admit := m.policy.Merge(providersHints)
 	klog.Infof("[topologymanager] ContainerTopologyHint: %v", bestHint)
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (m *manager) Admit(attrs *lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes) lifecycle.PodAdmitR
 	hints := make(map[string]TopologyHint)
 
 	for _, container := range append(pod.Spec.InitContainers, pod.Spec.Containers...) {
-		result, admit := m.calculateAffinity(*pod, container)
+		result, admit := m.calculateAffinity(pod, &container)
 		if !admit {
 			return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{
 				Message: "Resources cannot be allocated with Topology locality",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager_test.go
index 93abb8765c6..2176306c99e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ type mockHintProvider struct {
 	th map[string][]TopologyHint
 }
 
-func (m *mockHintProvider) GetTopologyHints(pod v1.Pod, container v1.Container) map[string][]TopologyHint {
+func (m *mockHintProvider) GetTopologyHints(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container) map[string][]TopologyHint {
 	return m.th
 }
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestAccumulateProvidersHints(t *testing.T) {
 		mngr := manager{
 			hintProviders: tc.hp,
 		}
-		actual := mngr.accumulateProvidersHints(v1.Pod{}, v1.Container{})
+		actual := mngr.accumulateProvidersHints(&v1.Pod{}, &v1.Container{})
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, tc.expected) {
 			t.Errorf("Test Case %s: Expected NUMANodeAffinity in result to be %v, got %v", tc.name, tc.expected, actual)
 		}
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func TestCalculateAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 		mngr := manager{}
 		mngr.policy = &mockPolicy{}
 		mngr.hintProviders = tc.hp
-		mngr.calculateAffinity(v1.Pod{}, v1.Container{})
+		mngr.calculateAffinity(&v1.Pod{}, &v1.Container{})
 		actual := mngr.policy.(*mockPolicy).ph
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.expected, actual) {
 			t.Errorf("Test Case: %s", tc.name)