diff --git a/kyaml/.golangci.yml b/kyaml/.golangci.yml
index 4b800e332..16c933f91 100644
--- a/kyaml/.golangci.yml
+++ b/kyaml/.golangci.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ linters:
 #    - lll
     - misspell
     - nakedret
-#    - scopelint
+    - scopelint
     - staticcheck
     - structcheck
 #    - stylecheck
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/fns.go b/kyaml/yaml/fns.go
index 34a9b515a..1fc2eae83 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/fns.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/fns.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (f FieldMatcher) Filter(rn *RNode) (*RNode, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; i < len(rn.Content()); IncrementFieldIndex(&i) {
+	for i := 0; i < len(rn.Content()); i = IncrementFieldIndex(i) {
 		isMatchingField := rn.Content()[i].Value == f.Name
 		if isMatchingField {
 			requireMatchFieldValue := f.Value != nil
@@ -592,6 +592,6 @@ func SplitIndexNameValue(p string) (string, string, error) {
 
 // IncrementFieldIndex increments i to point to the next field name element in
 // a slice of Contents.
-func IncrementFieldIndex(i *int) {
-	*i = *i + 2
+func IncrementFieldIndex(i int) int {
+	return i + 2
 }
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/types.go b/kyaml/yaml/types.go
index e1e1458a0..49b629db5 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/types.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/types.go
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ func (rn *RNode) Field(field string) *MapNode {
 	if rn.YNode().Kind != yaml.MappingNode {
 		return nil
 	}
-	for i := 0; i < len(rn.Content()); IncrementFieldIndex(&i) {
+	for i := 0; i < len(rn.Content()); i = IncrementFieldIndex(i) {
 		isMatchingField := rn.Content()[i].Value == field
 		if isMatchingField {
 			return &MapNode{Key: NewRNode(rn.Content()[i]), Value: NewRNode(rn.Content()[i+1])}