diff --git a/controllers/logging/logging_controller_test.go b/controllers/logging/logging_controller_test.go
index f375a528f..4770f40cc 100644
--- a/controllers/logging/logging_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/logging/logging_controller_test.go
@@ -305,8 +305,14 @@ func TestLogginResourcesWithNonUniqueLoggingRefs(t *testing.T) {
 	g.Eventually(getLoggingProblems(logging2)).WithPolling(time.Second).WithTimeout(5 * time.Second).Should(gomega.ContainElement(gomega.ContainSubstring("Deprecated")))
 	g.Eventually(getLoggingProblems(logging3)).WithPolling(time.Second).WithTimeout(5 * time.Second).Should(gomega.BeEmpty())
 
-	logging1.Spec.ClusterDomain = utils.StringPointer("change something to trigger new reconciliation")
-	g.Expect(mgr.GetClient().Update(context.TODO(), logging1)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
+	g.Eventually(func() error {
+		l := &v1beta1.Logging{}
+		if err := mgr.GetClient().Get(context.TODO(), client.ObjectKeyFromObject(logging1), l); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		l.Spec.ErrorOutputRef = "trigger reconcile"
+		return mgr.GetClient().Update(context.TODO(), l)
+	}).WithPolling(time.Second).WithTimeout(5 * time.Second).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 	g.Eventually(getLoggingProblems(logging1)).WithPolling(time.Second).WithTimeout(5 * time.Second).Should(gomega.ContainElement(gomega.ContainSubstring("Deprecated")))
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/resources/model/reconciler.go b/pkg/resources/model/reconciler.go
index 357475c1b..4596c9649 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/model/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/model/reconciler.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func NewValidationReconciler(
 		resources.Logging.Status.Problems = nil
 
 		loggingsForTheSameRef := make([]string, 0)
-		for _, l := range resources.AllLoggings.Items {
+		for _, l := range resources.AllLoggings {
 			if l.Name == resources.Logging.Name {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/resources/model/repository.go b/pkg/resources/model/repository.go
index fc8af8e30..d1a204001 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/model/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/model/repository.go
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ func (r LoggingResourceRepository) LoggingResourcesFor(ctx context.Context, logg
 
 	var err error
 
-	res.AllLoggings = v1beta1.LoggingList{}
-	if err := r.Client.List(ctx, &res.AllLoggings); err != nil {
+	allLoggings := &v1beta1.LoggingList{}
+	if err := r.Client.List(ctx, allLoggings); err != nil {
 		errs = errors.Append(errs, err)
 	}
+	res.AllLoggings = allLoggings.Items
 
 	res.Fluentd.ClusterFlows, err = r.ClusterFlowsFor(ctx, logging)
 	errs = errors.Append(errs, err)
diff --git a/pkg/resources/model/resources.go b/pkg/resources/model/resources.go
index cc2be6a92..a23bb6913 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/model/resources.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/model/resources.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type LoggingResources struct {
-	AllLoggings v1beta1.LoggingList
+	AllLoggings []v1beta1.Logging
 	Logging     v1beta1.Logging
 	Fluentd     FluentdLoggingResources
 	SyslogNG    SyslogNGLoggingResources