diff --git a/libbeat/outputs/discard/discard.go b/libbeat/outputs/discard/discard.go
index a33462f5c2a7..c9a51b0f33df 100644
--- a/libbeat/outputs/discard/discard.go
+++ b/libbeat/outputs/discard/discard.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func makeDiscard(
 	// disable bulk support in publisher pipeline
 	_ = cfg.SetInt("bulk_max_size", -1, -1)
 	out.log.Infof("Initialized discard output")
-	return outputs.Success(doConfig.Queue, -1, 0, out)
+	return outputs.Success(doConfig.Queue, -1, 0, nil, out)
 }
 
 // Implement Outputer