diff --git a/cmd/talosctl/cmd/talos/logs.go b/cmd/talosctl/cmd/talos/logs.go
index 9ba3f9e88..1583c6300 100644
--- a/cmd/talosctl/cmd/talos/logs.go
+++ b/cmd/talosctl/cmd/talos/logs.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	criconstants "github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/cri/constants"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/gen/slices"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 
@@ -134,11 +135,14 @@ func (slicer *lineSlicer) chopper(r io.Reader, hostname string) {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
 
 	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Bytes()
+		line = slices.Copy(line, len(line))
+
 		slicer.respCh <- &common.Data{
 			Metadata: &common.Metadata{
 				Hostname: hostname,
 			},
-			Bytes: scanner.Bytes(),
+			Bytes: line,
 		}
 	}
 }