diff --git a/x/ccv/democracy/staking/module.go b/x/ccv/democracy/staking/module.go
index 7c694cc38d..a0b3aa851f 100644
--- a/x/ccv/democracy/staking/module.go
+++ b/x/ccv/democracy/staking/module.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking/exported"
@@ -41,11 +42,11 @@ type AppModule struct {
 
 // NewAppModule creates a new AppModule object using the native x/staking module
 // AppModule constructor.
-func NewAppModule(cdc codec.Codec, keeper keeper.Keeper, ak types.AccountKeeper, bk types.BankKeeper, subspace exported.Subspace) AppModule {
-	stakingAppMod := staking.NewAppModule(cdc, &keeper, ak, bk, subspace)
+func NewAppModule(cdc codec.Codec, keeper *keeper.Keeper, ak types.AccountKeeper, bk types.BankKeeper, subspace exported.Subspace) AppModule {
+	stakingAppMod := staking.NewAppModule(cdc, keeper, ak, bk, subspace)
 	return AppModule{
 		AppModule:  stakingAppMod,
-		keeper:     keeper,
+		keeper:     *keeper,
 		accKeeper:  ak,
 		bankKeeper: bk,
 	}
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func NewAppModule(cdc codec.Codec, keeper keeper.Keeper, ak types.AccountKeeper,
 // Note: InitGenesis is not called during the soft upgrade of a module
 // (as a part of a changeover from standalone -> consumer chain),
 // so there is no special handling needed in this method for a consumer being in the pre-CCV state.
-func (am AppModule) InitGenesis(ctx context.Context, cdc codec.JSONCodec, data json.RawMessage) []abci.ValidatorUpdate {
+func (am AppModule) InitGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.JSONCodec, data json.RawMessage) []abci.ValidatorUpdate {
 	var genesisState types.GenesisState
 
 	cdc.MustUnmarshalJSON(data, &genesisState)