diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod/resource.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod/resource.go
index d07c32b45876..0fbeded7d356 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod/resource.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod/resource.go
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ func GetPodsScheduled(masterNodes sets.String, pods *v1.PodList) (scheduledPods,
 // one provided via the KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST env variable
 func PatchContainerImages(containers []v1.Container) error {
 	var err error
-	for _, c := range containers {
-		c.Image, err = imageutils.ReplaceRegistryInImageURL(c.Image)
+	for i, c := range containers {
+		containers[i].Image, err = imageutils.ReplaceRegistryInImageURL(c.Image)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}