diff --git a/pkg/log/zap/kube_helpers.go b/pkg/log/zap/kube_helpers.go
index 3b4ebfdaa0..c47fe6646f 100644
--- a/pkg/log/zap/kube_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/log/zap/kube_helpers.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func (w kubeObjectWrapper) MarshalLogObject(enc zapcore.ObjectEncoder) error {
 func (k *KubeAwareEncoder) Clone() zapcore.Encoder {
 	return &KubeAwareEncoder{
 		Encoder: k.Encoder.Clone(),
+		Verbose: k.Verbose,
 	}
 }