diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 7031d7c189f..6cfba58e91d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -2701,7 +2701,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) handlePodResourcesResize(pod *v1.Pod) {
 			//TODO(vinaykul,InPlacePodVerticalScaling): Can we recover from this in some way? Investigate
 			klog.ErrorS(err, "SetPodAllocation failed", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
 		}
-		*pod = *updatedPod
+		pod = updatedPod
 	}
 	if resizeStatus != "" {
 		// Save resize decision to checkpoint
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index 8d50c9ec189..57b31b7c1c7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -2585,8 +2585,10 @@ func TestHandlePodResourcesResize(t *testing.T) {
 		tt.pod.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Requests = tt.newRequests
 		tt.pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[0].AllocatedResources = v1.ResourceList{v1.ResourceCPU: cpu1000m, v1.ResourceMemory: mem1000M}
 		kubelet.handlePodResourcesResize(tt.pod)
-		assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedAllocations, tt.pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[0].AllocatedResources, tt.name)
-		assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedResize, tt.pod.Status.Resize, tt.name)
+		updatedPod, found := kubelet.podManager.GetPodByName(tt.pod.Namespace, tt.pod.Name)
+		assert.True(t, found, "expected to find pod %s", tt.pod.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedAllocations, updatedPod.Status.ContainerStatuses[0].AllocatedResources, tt.name)
+		assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedResize, updatedPod.Status.Resize, tt.name)
 		testKubelet.fakeKubeClient.ClearActions()
 	}
 }