diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index baab66e75a4..36eb2bbc351 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 ### Other
 
 - Adding OpenStack Swift scaler end-to-end tests ([#1522](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/1522))
+- Pass deepCopy objects to the polling goroutines ([#1812](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/1812))
 
 ## v2.2.0
 
diff --git a/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go b/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
index 1adc62e18e6..0203fd7b3ff 100644
--- a/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
@@ -101,8 +101,16 @@ func (h *scaleHandler) HandleScalableObject(scalableObject interface{}) error {
 
 	// a mutex is used to synchronize scale requests per scalableObject
 	scalingMutex := &sync.Mutex{}
-	go h.startPushScalers(ctx, withTriggers, scalableObject, scalingMutex)
-	go h.startScaleLoop(ctx, withTriggers, scalableObject, scalingMutex)
+
+	// passing deep copy of ScaledObject/ScaledJob to the scaleLoop go routines, it's a precaution to not have global objects shared between threads
+	switch obj := scalableObject.(type) {
+	case *kedav1alpha1.ScaledObject:
+		go h.startPushScalers(ctx, withTriggers, obj.DeepCopy(), scalingMutex)
+		go h.startScaleLoop(ctx, withTriggers, obj.DeepCopy(), scalingMutex)
+	case *kedav1alpha1.ScaledJob:
+		go h.startPushScalers(ctx, withTriggers, obj.DeepCopy(), scalingMutex)
+		go h.startScaleLoop(ctx, withTriggers, obj.DeepCopy(), scalingMutex)
+	}
 	return nil
 }