diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
index cd4f52f0..23922ba7 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (m command) generateSpec(root string) (*specs.Spec, error) {
 
 	deviceSpecs = append(deviceSpecs, allDevice)
 
-	allEdits := cdi.ContainerEdits{}
+	allEdits := edits.NewContainerEdits()
 
 	ipcs, err := NewIPCDiscoverer(m.logger, root)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func (m command) generateDeviceSpecs(devicelib device.Interface, root string) ([
 
 // createAllDevice creates an 'all' device which combines the edits from the previous devices
 func createAllDevice(deviceSpecs []specs.Device) specs.Device {
-	edits := cdi.ContainerEdits{}
+	edits := edits.NewContainerEdits()
 
 	for _, d := range deviceSpecs {
 		edit := cdi.ContainerEdits{
diff --git a/internal/edits/edits.go b/internal/edits/edits.go
index 3d7560d5..96d40c60 100644
--- a/internal/edits/edits.go
+++ b/internal/edits/edits.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/discover"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/oci"
 	"github.com/container-orchestrated-devices/container-device-interface/pkg/cdi"
+	"github.com/container-orchestrated-devices/container-device-interface/specs-go"
 	ociSpecs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func FromDiscoverer(d discover.Discover) (*cdi.ContainerEdits, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to discover hooks: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	c := cdi.ContainerEdits{}
+	c := NewContainerEdits()
 	for _, d := range devices {
 		edits, err := device(d).toEdits()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -80,7 +81,15 @@ func FromDiscoverer(d discover.Discover) (*cdi.ContainerEdits, error) {
 		c.Append(hook(h).toEdits())
 	}
 
-	return &c, nil
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+// NewContainerEdits is a utility function to create a CDI ContainerEdits struct.
+func NewContainerEdits() *cdi.ContainerEdits {
+	c := cdi.ContainerEdits{
+		ContainerEdits: &specs.ContainerEdits{},
+	}
+	return &c
 }
 
 // Modify applies the defined edits to the incoming OCI spec
diff --git a/internal/edits/edits_test.go b/internal/edits/edits_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65211557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/edits/edits_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package edits
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/discover"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestFromDiscovererAllowsMountsToIterate(t *testing.T) {
+	edits, err := FromDiscoverer(discover.None{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Empty(t, edits.Mounts)
+}
diff --git a/internal/modifier/discover_test.go b/internal/modifier/discover_test.go
index f3523e3f..bbad61aa 100644
--- a/internal/modifier/discover_test.go
+++ b/internal/modifier/discover_test.go
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ func TestDiscoverModifier(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedSpec  *specs.Spec
 	}{
 		{
-			description: "empty discoverer does not modify spec",
-			discover:    &discover.DiscoverMock{},
+			description:  "empty discoverer does not modify spec",
+			spec:         &specs.Spec{},
+			discover:     &discover.DiscoverMock{},
+			expectedSpec: &specs.Spec{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "failed hooks discoverer returns error",