diff --git a/daemon/stats.go b/daemon/stats.go
index 33a9e723a1..7ebae41dc7 100644
--- a/daemon/stats.go
+++ b/daemon/stats.go
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerStats(ctx context.Context, prefixOrName string, c
 
 	var preCPUStats types.CPUStats
 	getStatJSON := func(v interface{}) *types.StatsJSON {
-		ss := v.(*types.StatsJSON)
+		ss := v.(types.StatsJSON)
 		ss.PreCPUStats = preCPUStats
 		// ss.MemoryStats.Limit = uint64(update.MemoryLimit)
 		preCPUStats = ss.CPUStats
-		return ss
+		return &ss
 	}
 
 	enc := json.NewEncoder(outStream)
diff --git a/daemon/stats_collector_unix.go b/daemon/stats_collector_unix.go
index fb1931dfb8..1f016322df 100644
--- a/daemon/stats_collector_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/stats_collector_unix.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (s *statsCollector) run() {
 			// FIXME: move to containerd
 			stats.CPUStats.SystemUsage = systemUsage
 
-			pair.publisher.Publish(stats)
+			pair.publisher.Publish(*stats)
 		}
 	}
 }