@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (

 	"encoding/json"

 	"errors"

 	"fmt"

+	"maps"

 	"net"

 	"net/netip"

 	"runtime"

@@ -315,18 +316,18 @@ func (n *Network) New() datastore.KVObject {

 	}

 }

-// CopyTo deep copies to the destination IpamConfig

-func (c *IpamConf) CopyTo(dstC *IpamConf) error {

-	dstC.PreferredPool = c.PreferredPool

-	dstC.SubPool = c.SubPool

-	dstC.Gateway = c.Gateway

-	if c.AuxAddresses != nil {

-		dstC.AuxAddresses = make(map[string]string, len(c.AuxAddresses))

-		for k, v := range c.AuxAddresses {

-			dstC.AuxAddresses[k] = v

-		}

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

+// Copy returns nil.

+func (c *IpamConf) Copy() *IpamConf {

+	if c == nil {

+		return nil

+	}

+	return &IpamConf{

+		PreferredPool: c.PreferredPool,

+		SubPool:       c.SubPool,

+		Gateway:       c.Gateway,

+		AuxAddresses:  maps.Clone(c.AuxAddresses),

 	}

-	return nil

 }

 // CopyTo deep copies to the destination IpamInfo

@@ -500,12 +501,8 @@ func (n *Network) CopyTo(o datastore.KVObject) error {

 		}

 	}

-	for _, v4conf := range n.ipamV4Config {

-		dstV4Conf := &IpamConf{}

-		if err := v4conf.CopyTo(dstV4Conf); err != nil {

-			return err

-		}

-		dstN.ipamV4Config = append(dstN.ipamV4Config, dstV4Conf)

+	for _, c := range n.ipamV4Config {

+		dstN.ipamV4Config = append(dstN.ipamV4Config, c.Copy())

 	}

 	for _, v4info := range n.ipamV4Info {

@@ -516,12 +513,8 @@ func (n *Network) CopyTo(o datastore.KVObject) error {

 		dstN.ipamV4Info = append(dstN.ipamV4Info, dstV4Info)

 	}

-	for _, v6conf := range n.ipamV6Config {

-		dstV6Conf := &IpamConf{}

-		if err := v6conf.CopyTo(dstV6Conf); err != nil {

-			return err

-		}

-		dstN.ipamV6Config = append(dstN.ipamV6Config, dstV6Conf)

+	for _, c := range n.ipamV6Config {

+		dstN.ipamV6Config = append(dstN.ipamV6Config, c.Copy())

 	}

 	for _, v6info := range n.ipamV6Info {

@@ -1776,20 +1769,12 @@ func (n *Network) IpamConfig() (ipamType string, ipamOptions map[string]string,

 	ipamV4Config = make([]*IpamConf, len(n.ipamV4Config))

 	for i, c := range n.ipamV4Config {

-		cc := &IpamConf{}

-		if err := c.CopyTo(cc); err != nil {

-			log.G(context.TODO()).WithError(err).Error("Error copying ipam ipv4 config")

-		}

-		ipamV4Config[i] = cc

+		ipamV4Config[i] = c.Copy()

 	}

 	ipamV6Config = make([]*IpamConf, len(n.ipamV6Config))

 	for i, c := range n.ipamV6Config {

-		cc := &IpamConf{}

-		if err := c.CopyTo(cc); err != nil {

-			log.G(context.TODO()).WithError(err).Debug("Error copying ipam ipv6 config")

-		}

-		ipamV6Config[i] = cc

+		ipamV6Config[i] = c.Copy()

 	}

 	return n.ipamType, n.ipamOptions, ipamV4Config, ipamV6Config