diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/plugins/elasticquota/core/quota_info.go b/pkg/scheduler/plugins/elasticquota/core/quota_info.go
index 931dee03c..e9d665ac9 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/plugins/elasticquota/core/quota_info.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/plugins/elasticquota/core/quota_info.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (qi *QuotaInfo) DeepCopy() *QuotaInfo {
 		},
 	}
 	for name, pod := range qi.PodCache {
-		quotaInfo.PodCache[name] = pod.DeepCopy()
+		quotaInfo.PodCache[name] = pod
 	}
 	return quotaInfo
 }