diff --git a/pkg/jsonutils/transform.go b/pkg/jsonutils/transform.go
index eb4dc90fad1c2..5340e6ec2081a 100644
--- a/pkg/jsonutils/transform.go
+++ b/pkg/jsonutils/transform.go
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ func (o *Transformer) visitMap(m map[string]any, path string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		m[k] = v2
-		v = v2
 	}
 
 	return nil