diff --git a/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook.go b/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook.go
index af7fcab9..d58d82f5 100644
--- a/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook.go
+++ b/controllers/horizontal_runner_autoscaler_webhook.go
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ HRA:
 			// Ensure that the RunnerDeployment-managed runners have all the labels requested by the workflow_job.
 			for _, l := range labels {
 				var matched bool
-				for _, l2 := range rd.Spec.Template.Labels {
+				for _, l2 := range rd.Spec.Template.Spec.Labels  {
 					if l == l2 {
 						matched = true
 						break