diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 7f97f2aae..3d03f065f 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ import (
 	"container/heap"
 	"math"
 
+	hcodec "github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/codec"
+	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
+
+	psstructs "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/plugins/shared/structs"
+
 	"github.com/gorhill/cronexpr"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
-	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/acl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper"
@@ -38,8 +42,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/lib/kheap"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/copystructure"
 	"github.com/ugorji/go/codec"
-
-	hcodec "github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/codec"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -2388,7 +2390,7 @@ type NodeDeviceResource struct {
 	Type       string
 	Name       string
 	Instances  []*NodeDevice
-	Attributes map[string]string
+	Attributes map[string]*psstructs.Attribute
 }
 
 func (n *NodeDeviceResource) ID() *DeviceIdTuple {
@@ -2420,7 +2422,7 @@ func (n *NodeDeviceResource) Copy() *NodeDeviceResource {
 	}
 
 	// Copy the Attributes
-	nn.Attributes = helper.CopyMapStringString(nn.Attributes)
+	nn.Attributes = psstructs.CopyMapStringAttribute(nn.Attributes)
 
 	return &nn
 }
diff --git a/plugins/shared/structs/attribute.go b/plugins/shared/structs/attribute.go
index a426bc422..1d88db4ec 100644
--- a/plugins/shared/structs/attribute.go
+++ b/plugins/shared/structs/attribute.go
@@ -72,6 +72,27 @@ type Attribute struct {
 	Unit string
 }
 
+func (a *Attribute) Copy() *Attribute {
+	ca := &Attribute{
+		Unit: a.Unit,
+	}
+
+	if a.Float != nil {
+		ca.Float = helper.Float64ToPtr(*a.Float)
+	}
+	if a.Int != nil {
+		ca.Int = helper.Int64ToPtr(*a.Int)
+	}
+	if a.Bool != nil {
+		ca.Bool = helper.BoolToPtr(*a.Bool)
+	}
+	if a.String != nil {
+		ca.String = helper.StringToPtr(*a.String)
+	}
+
+	return ca
+}
+
 // GoString returns a string representation of the attribute
 func (a *Attribute) GoString() string {
 	if a == nil {
diff --git a/plugins/shared/structs/util.go b/plugins/shared/structs/util.go
index 5f84fc4ad..240335571 100644
--- a/plugins/shared/structs/util.go
+++ b/plugins/shared/structs/util.go
@@ -88,3 +88,16 @@ func Pow(a, b int64) int64 {
 	}
 	return p
 }
+
+// CopyMapStringAttribute copies a map of string to Attribute
+func CopyMapStringAttribute(in map[string]*Attribute) map[string]*Attribute {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	out := make(map[string]*Attribute, len(in))
+	for k, v := range in {
+		out[k] = v.Copy()
+	}
+	return out
+}