diff --git a/lib/filterx/expr-template.c b/lib/filterx/expr-template.c
index b507d254198..ea0f572652c 100644
--- a/lib/filterx/expr-template.c
+++ b/lib/filterx/expr-template.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ _eval(FilterXExpr *s)
   /* FIXME/2: let's make this handle literal and trivial templates */
 
   log_template_format_value_and_type_with_context(self->template, context->msgs, context->num_msg,
-                                                  context->template_eval_options, value, &t);
+                                                  &context->template_eval_options, value, &t);
 
   /* NOTE: we borrow value->str here which is stored in a scratch buffer
    * that should be valid as long as we are traversing the filter
diff --git a/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.c b/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.c
index 4f7ed9faf2e..9523361540d 100644
--- a/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.c
+++ b/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ filterx_eval_init_context(FilterXEvalContext *context, FilterXEvalContext *previ
   filterx_scope_make_writable(&scope);
 
   memset(context, 0, sizeof(*context));
-  context->template_eval_options = &DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_EVAL_OPTIONS;
+  context->template_eval_options = DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_EVAL_OPTIONS;
   context->scope = scope;
 
   if (previous_context)
diff --git a/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.h b/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.h
index f0d2a9f9c25..68364fe4697 100644
--- a/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.h
+++ b/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct _FilterXEvalContext
   gint num_msg;
   FilterXScope *scope;
   FilterXError error;
-  LogTemplateEvalOptions *template_eval_options;
+  LogTemplateEvalOptions template_eval_options;
   GPtrArray *weak_refs;
   FilterXEvalContext *previous_context;
 };