diff --git a/daemon/cluster/executor/container/health_test.go b/daemon/cluster/executor/container/health_test.go
index da84a7e9cf..6d0eb27d6c 100644
--- a/daemon/cluster/executor/container/health_test.go
+++ b/daemon/cluster/executor/container/health_test.go
@@ -37,22 +37,11 @@ func TestHealthStates(t *testing.T) {
 		Annotations: api.Annotations{Name: "name"},
 	}
 
-	c := &container.Container{
-		ID:   "id",
-		Name: "name",
-		Config: &containertypes.Config{
-			Image: "image_name",
-			Labels: map[string]string{
-				"com.docker.swarm.task.id": "id",
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
 	daemon := &daemon.Daemon{
 		EventsService: e,
 	}
 
-	controller, err := newController(daemon, nil, nil, task, nil, nil)
+	ctrlr, err := newController(daemon, nil, nil, task, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("create controller fail %v", err)
 	}
@@ -62,7 +51,7 @@ func TestHealthStates(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// fire checkHealth
 	go func() {
-		err := controller.checkHealth(ctx)
+		err := ctrlr.checkHealth(ctx)
 		select {
 		case errChan <- err:
 		case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -72,7 +61,17 @@ func TestHealthStates(t *testing.T) {
 	// send an event and expect to get expectedErr
 	// if expectedErr is nil, shouldn't get any error
 	logAndExpect := func(msg eventtypes.Action, expectedErr error) {
-		daemon.LogContainerEvent(c, msg)
+		ctr := &container.Container{
+			ID:   "id",
+			Name: "name",
+			Config: &containertypes.Config{
+				Image: "image_name",
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					"com.docker.swarm.task.id": "id",
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		daemon.LogContainerEvent(ctr, msg)
 
 		timer := time.NewTimer(1 * time.Second)
 		defer timer.Stop()
diff --git a/daemon/events.go b/daemon/events.go
index dc8f81d879..40e19fb8c9 100644
--- a/daemon/events.go
+++ b/daemon/events.go
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) LogContainerEvent(container *container.Container, action e
 
 // LogContainerEventWithAttributes generates an event related to a container with specific given attributes.
 func (daemon *Daemon) LogContainerEventWithAttributes(container *container.Container, action events.Action, attributes map[string]string) {
-	copyAttributes(attributes, container.Config.Labels)
+	if container.Config.Labels != nil {
+		maps.Copy(attributes, container.Config.Labels)
+	}
 	if container.Config.Image != "" {
 		attributes["image"] = container.Config.Image
 	}
@@ -90,14 +92,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) UnsubscribeFromEvents(listener chan any) {
 	daemon.EventsService.Evict(listener)
 }
 
-// copyAttributes guarantees that labels are not mutated by event triggers.
-func copyAttributes(attributes, labels map[string]string) {
-	if labels == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	maps.Copy(attributes, labels)
-}
-
 // ProcessClusterNotifications gets changes from store and add them to event list
 func (daemon *Daemon) ProcessClusterNotifications(ctx context.Context, watchStream chan *swarmapi.WatchMessage) {
 	for {