diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index b493a4501b0..96a1f395d71 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Update replicaset group to apps/v1 {pull}15854[15802]
 - Fix `metricbeat test output` with an ipv6 ES host in the output.hosts. {pull}15368[15368]
 - Fix `convert` processor conversion of string to integer with leading zeros. {issue}15513[15513] {pull}15557[15557]
+- Fix `add_cloud_metadata` to better support modifying sub-fields with other processors. {pull}13808[13808]
 - Fix panic in the Logstash output when trying to send events to closed connection. {pull}15568[15568]
 - Fix missing output in dockerlogbeat {pull}15719[15719]
 - Fix logging target settings being ignored when Beats are started via systemd or docker. {issue}12024[12024] {pull}15422[15442]
diff --git a/libbeat/processors/add_cloud_metadata/add_cloud_metadata.go b/libbeat/processors/add_cloud_metadata/add_cloud_metadata.go
index c49f37ad398..de1a8063667 100644
--- a/libbeat/processors/add_cloud_metadata/add_cloud_metadata.go
+++ b/libbeat/processors/add_cloud_metadata/add_cloud_metadata.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (p *addCloudMetadata) init() {
 
 func (p *addCloudMetadata) getMeta() common.MapStr {
 	p.init()
-	return p.metadata
+	return p.metadata.Clone()
 }
 
 func (p *addCloudMetadata) Run(event *beat.Event) (*beat.Event, error) {