diff --git a/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_test.go b/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_test.go
index cfe22d0cab..725428e8a1 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_test.go
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ func TestAddPodGroup(t *testing.T) {
 
 			c.addPod(pod)
 			replicas := int32(len(testCase.pods))
-			c.createNormalPodPGIfNotExist(pod, &replicas)
+			c.createNormalPodPGIfNotExist(pod, replicas)
 
 			pg, err := c.vcClient.SchedulingV1beta1().PodGroups(pod.Namespace).Get(context.TODO(),
 				testCase.expectedPodGroup.Name,