diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_utils.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_utils.go
index 310b4898eca91..0067ded7f08b8 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_utils.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func stringSetToPointers(in sets.String) []*string {
 	if in == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	out := make([]*string, len(in))
+	out := make([]*string, 0, len(in))
 	for k := range in {
 		out = append(out, aws.String(k))
 	}