diff --git a/pkg/services/annotations/annotationstest/fake.go b/pkg/services/annotations/annotationstest/fake.go
index 06cd76263dc..a7680d646a1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/annotations/annotationstest/fake.go
+++ b/pkg/services/annotations/annotationstest/fake.go
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ func (repo *fakeAnnotationsRepo) Len() int {
 func (repo *fakeAnnotationsRepo) Items() map[int64]annotations.Item {
 	repo.mtx.Lock()
 	defer repo.mtx.Unlock()
-
-	return repo.annotations
+	ret := make(map[int64]annotations.Item)
+	for k, v := range repo.annotations {
+		ret[k] = v
+	}
+	return ret
 }