diff --git a/internal/service/ec2/ec2_spot_instance_request.go b/internal/service/ec2/ec2_spot_instance_request.go
index 463b0b56a217..1f9cf11ea092 100644
--- a/internal/service/ec2/ec2_spot_instance_request.go
+++ b/internal/service/ec2/ec2_spot_instance_request.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func resourceSpotInstanceRequest() *schema.Resource {
 					continue
 				}
 				// Copy-on-write
-				x := *v
+				x := *v // nosemgrep:ci.semgrep.aws.prefer-pointer-conversion-assignment
 				x.ForceNew = true
 				s[k] = &x
 			}