@@ -295,12 +295,7 @@ func (ep *Endpoint) CopyTo(o datastore.KVObject) error {

 	dstEp.ingressPorts = make([]*PortConfig, len(ep.ingressPorts))

 	copy(dstEp.ingressPorts, ep.ingressPorts)

-	if ep.iface != nil {

-		dstEp.iface = &EndpointInterface{}

-		if err := ep.iface.CopyTo(dstEp.iface); err != nil {

-			return err

-		}

-	}

+	dstEp.iface = ep.iface.Copy()

 	if ep.joinInfo != nil {

 		dstEp.joinInfo = &endpointJoinInfo{}

@@ -143,26 +143,32 @@ func (epi *EndpointInterface) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {

 	return nil

 }

-func (epi *EndpointInterface) CopyTo(dstEpi *EndpointInterface) error {

-	dstEpi.mac = slices.Clone(epi.mac)

-	dstEpi.addr = types.GetIPNetCopy(epi.addr)

-	dstEpi.addrv6 = types.GetIPNetCopy(epi.addrv6)

-	dstEpi.srcName = epi.srcName

-	dstEpi.dstPrefix = epi.dstPrefix

-	dstEpi.dstName = epi.dstName

-	dstEpi.v4PoolID = epi.v4PoolID

-	dstEpi.v6PoolID = epi.v6PoolID

-	dstEpi.createdInContainer = epi.createdInContainer

-	if len(epi.llAddrs) != 0 {

-		dstEpi.llAddrs = make([]*net.IPNet, 0, len(epi.llAddrs))

-		dstEpi.llAddrs = append(dstEpi.llAddrs, epi.llAddrs...)

+// Copy returns a deep copy of [EndpointInterface]. If the receiver is nil,

+// Copy returns nil.

+func (epi *EndpointInterface) Copy() *EndpointInterface {

+	if epi == nil {

+		return nil

 	}

+	var routes []*net.IPNet

 	for _, route := range epi.routes {

-		dstEpi.routes = append(dstEpi.routes, types.GetIPNetCopy(route))

+		routes = append(routes, types.GetIPNetCopy(route))

+	}

+

+	return &EndpointInterface{

+		mac:                slices.Clone(epi.mac),

+		addr:               types.GetIPNetCopy(epi.addr),

+		addrv6:             types.GetIPNetCopy(epi.addrv6),

+		llAddrs:            slices.Clone(epi.llAddrs),

+		srcName:            epi.srcName,

+		dstPrefix:          epi.dstPrefix,

+		dstName:            epi.dstName,

+		routes:             routes,

+		v4PoolID:           epi.v4PoolID,

+		v6PoolID:           epi.v6PoolID,

+		netnsPath:          epi.netnsPath,

+		createdInContainer: epi.createdInContainer,

 	}

-

-	return nil

 }

 type endpointJoinInfo struct {