diff --git a/pkg/apis/flagger/v1beta1/canary.go b/pkg/apis/flagger/v1beta1/canary.go
index 93fe004ed..e882e8ec6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/flagger/v1beta1/canary.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/flagger/v1beta1/canary.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ type CanarySpec struct {
 
 	// SkipAnalysis promotes the canary without analysing it
 	// +optional
-	SkipAnalysis bool `json:"skipAnalysis,omitempty"`
+	SkipAnalysis *bool `json:"skipAnalysis,omitempty"`
 
 	// revert canary mutation on deletion of canary resource
 	// +optional
@@ -615,8 +615,13 @@ func (c *Canary) GetMetricInterval() string {
 // SkipAnalysis returns true if the analysis is nil
 // or if spec.SkipAnalysis is true
 func (c *Canary) SkipAnalysis() bool {
+	if c.Spec.SkipAnalysis == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	if c.Spec.Analysis == nil && c.Spec.CanaryAnalysis == nil {
 		return true
 	}
-	return c.Spec.SkipAnalysis
+
+	return *c.Spec.SkipAnalysis
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/scheduler_daemonset_test.go b/pkg/controller/scheduler_daemonset_test.go
index 1340e1e64..645edbef5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/scheduler_daemonset_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/scheduler_daemonset_test.go
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ func TestScheduler_DaemonSetSkipAnalysis(t *testing.T) {
 	cd, err := mocks.flaggerClient.FlaggerV1beta1().Canaries("default").Get(context.TODO(), "podinfo", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	cd.Spec.SkipAnalysis = true
+	skipAnalysis := true
+	cd.Spec.SkipAnalysis = &skipAnalysis
 	_, err = mocks.flaggerClient.FlaggerV1beta1().Canaries("default").Update(context.TODO(), cd, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ func TestScheduler_DaemonSetSkipAnalysis(t *testing.T) {
 
 	c, err := mocks.flaggerClient.FlaggerV1beta1().Canaries("default").Get(context.TODO(), "podinfo", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, c.Spec.SkipAnalysis)
+	assert.True(t, c.SkipAnalysis())
 	assert.Equal(t, flaggerv1.CanaryPhaseSucceeded, c.Status.Phase)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/scheduler_deployment_test.go b/pkg/controller/scheduler_deployment_test.go
index 51161ec44..9852432f6 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/scheduler_deployment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/scheduler_deployment_test.go
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ func TestScheduler_DeploymentSkipAnalysis(t *testing.T) {
 	// enable skip
 	cd, err := mocks.flaggerClient.FlaggerV1beta1().Canaries("default").Get(context.TODO(), "podinfo", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	cd.Spec.SkipAnalysis = true
+	skipAnalysis := true
+	cd.Spec.SkipAnalysis = &skipAnalysis
 	_, err = mocks.flaggerClient.FlaggerV1beta1().Canaries("default").Update(context.TODO(), cd, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ func TestScheduler_DeploymentSkipAnalysis(t *testing.T) {
 
 	c, err := mocks.flaggerClient.FlaggerV1beta1().Canaries("default").Get(context.TODO(), "podinfo", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, c.Spec.SkipAnalysis)
+	assert.True(t, c.SkipAnalysis())
 	assert.Equal(t, flaggerv1.CanaryPhaseSucceeded, c.Status.Phase)
 }