diff --git a/core/pkg/resultshandling/reporter/v2/utils.go b/core/pkg/resultshandling/reporter/v2/utils.go
index e7c7de3c..70547a85 100644
--- a/core/pkg/resultshandling/reporter/v2/utils.go
+++ b/core/pkg/resultshandling/reporter/v2/utils.go
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ func finalizeReport(opaSessionObj *cautils.OPASessionObj) {
 	}
 
 	if len(opaSessionObj.Report.Resources) == 0 {
-		opaSessionObj.Report.Resources = make([]reporthandling.Resource, 0) // do not set slice length
-		finalizeResources(opaSessionObj.Report.Resources, opaSessionObj.AllResources)
+		opaSessionObj.Report.Resources = finalizeResources(opaSessionObj.AllResources)
 		opaSessionObj.AllResources = nil
 	}
 
@@ -33,7 +32,8 @@ func finalizeResults(results []resourcesresults.Result, resourcesResult map[stri
 	}
 }
 
-func finalizeResources(resources []reporthandling.Resource, allResources map[string]workloadinterface.IMetadata) {
+func finalizeResources(allResources map[string]workloadinterface.IMetadata) []reporthandling.Resource {
+	resources := make([]reporthandling.Resource, 0)
 	for resourceID := range allResources {
 		if obj, ok := allResources[resourceID]; ok {
 			r := *reporthandling.NewResource(obj.GetObject())
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func finalizeResources(resources []reporthandling.Resource, allResources map[str
 			resources = append(resources, r)
 		}
 	}
+	return resources
 }
 
 func maskID(id string) string {