diff --git a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/configsecret.go b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/configsecret.go
index d4bbafb27..735affc4f 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/configsecret.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/configsecret.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) configSecret() (runtime.Object, reconciler.DesiredState, er
 		for _, a := range r.loggingRoutes {
 			tenants = append(tenants, a.Status.Tenants...)
 		}
-		if err := r.configureOutputsForTenants(ctx, tenants, &input, r.fluentdSpec, r.syslogNGSpec); err != nil {
+		if err := r.configureOutputsForTenants(ctx, tenants, &input); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, errors.WrapIf(err, "configuring outputs for target tenants")
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/tenants.go b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/tenants.go
index a06c2027f..b65fa2aff 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/tenants.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/tenants.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func FindTenants(ctx context.Context, target metav1.LabelSelector, reader client
 	return tenants, nil
 }
 
-func (r *Reconciler) configureOutputsForTenants(ctx context.Context, tenants []v1beta1.Tenant, input *fluentBitConfig, fluentdSpec *v1beta1.FluentdSpec, syslogNGSpec *v1beta1.SyslogNGSpec) error {
+func (r *Reconciler) configureOutputsForTenants(ctx context.Context, tenants []v1beta1.Tenant, input *fluentBitConfig) error {
 	var errs error
 	for _, t := range tenants {
 		allNamespaces := len(t.Namespaces) == 0
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) configureOutputsForTenants(ctx context.Context, tenants []v
 		if err := r.resourceReconciler.Client.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: t.Name}, logging); err != nil {
 			return errors.WrapIf(err, "getting logging resource")
 		}
-		if fluentdSpec != nil {
+		if logging.Spec.FluentdSpec != nil {
 			if input.FluentForwardOutput == nil {
 				input.FluentForwardOutput = &fluentForwardOutputConfig{}
 			}
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) configureOutputsForTenants(ctx context.Context, tenants []v
 				Host:           aggregatorEndpoint(logging, fluentd.ServiceName),
 				Port:           fluentd.ServicePort,
 			})
-		} else if syslogNGSpec != nil {
+		} else if logging.Spec.SyslogNGSpec != nil {
 			if input.SyslogNGOutput == nil {
 				input.SyslogNGOutput = newSyslogNGOutputConfig()
 			}