diff --git a/api/permissioned.go b/api/permissioned.go
index cef5a5478..f189cd78f 100644
--- a/api/permissioned.go
+++ b/api/permissioned.go
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ func PermissionedWorkerAPI(a Worker) Worker {
 	return &out
 }
 
-func PermissionedAPI[T, P any](a T) P {
+func PermissionedAPI[T, P any](a T) *P {
 	var out P
 	permissionedProxies(a, &out)
-	return out
+	return &out
 }
 
 func PermissionedWalletAPI(a Wallet) Wallet {
diff --git a/cmd/lotus-provider/rpc/rpc.go b/cmd/lotus-provider/rpc/rpc.go
index 0760cdaf5..3ae3e2a1f 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus-provider/rpc/rpc.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus-provider/rpc/rpc.go
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ func LotusProviderHandler(
 	readerHandler, readerServerOpt := rpcenc.ReaderParamDecoder()
 	rpcServer := jsonrpc.NewServer(jsonrpc.WithServerErrors(api.RPCErrors), readerServerOpt)
 
-	wapi := proxy.MetricedAPI[api.LotusProvider, *api.LotusProviderStruct](a)
+	wapi := proxy.MetricedAPI[api.LotusProvider, api.LotusProviderStruct](a)
 	if permissioned {
-		wapi = api.PermissionedAPI[api.LotusProvider, *api.LotusProviderStruct](wapi)
+		wapi = api.PermissionedAPI[api.LotusProvider, api.LotusProviderStruct](wapi)
 	}
 
 	rpcServer.Register("Filecoin", wapi)
diff --git a/metrics/proxy/proxy.go b/metrics/proxy/proxy.go
index ada1a3352..6885adfe9 100644
--- a/metrics/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/metrics/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/metrics"
 )
 
-func MetricedAPI[T, P any](a T) P {
+func MetricedAPI[T, P any](a T) *P {
 	var out P
 	proxy(a, &out)
-	return out
+	return &out
 }
 
 func MetricedStorMinerAPI(a api.StorageMiner) api.StorageMiner {