diff --git a/policy/policy.go b/policy/policy.go
index 4a18b431..dbe3f22e 100644
--- a/policy/policy.go
+++ b/policy/policy.go
@@ -316,13 +316,12 @@ func (step Step) checkFunctionaries(statements []source.CollectionVerificationRe
 			}
 
 			if len(statements[i].ValidFunctionaries) == 0 {
-				result.Rejected = append(result.Rejected, RejectedCollection{Collection: statement, Reason: fmt.Errorf("no verifiers matched with allowed functionaries for step %s", step.Name)})
+				result.Rejected = append(result.Rejected, RejectedCollection{Collection: statements[i], Reason: fmt.Errorf("no verifiers matched with allowed functionaries for step %s", step.Name)})
 			} else {
-				result.Passed = append(result.Passed, statement)
+				result.Passed = append(result.Passed, statements[i])
 			}
 		} else {
-			statements[i].Errors = append(statement.Errors)
-			result.Rejected = append(result.Rejected, RejectedCollection{Collection: statement, Reason: fmt.Errorf("no verifiers present to validate against collection verifiers")})
+			result.Rejected = append(result.Rejected, RejectedCollection{Collection: statements[i], Reason: fmt.Errorf("no verifiers present to validate against collection verifiers")})
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/policy/policy_test.go b/policy/policy_test.go
index 761237c5..e3a766fd 100644
--- a/policy/policy_test.go
+++ b/policy/policy_test.go
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ func TestCheckFunctionaries(t *testing.T) {
 		fmt.Println("running test case: ", testCase.name)
 		result := testCase.step.checkFunctionaries(testCase.statements, testCase.trustBundles)
 		resultCheckFields := []source.CollectionVerificationResult{}
-		for _, r := range result {
+		for _, r := range result.Passed {
 			o := source.CollectionVerificationResult{
 				Errors:             r.Errors,
 				Warnings:           r.Warnings,
@@ -597,6 +597,15 @@ func TestCheckFunctionaries(t *testing.T) {
 			resultCheckFields = append(resultCheckFields, o)
 		}
 
+		for _, r := range result.Rejected {
+			o := source.CollectionVerificationResult{
+				Errors:             r.Collection.Errors,
+				Warnings:           r.Collection.Warnings,
+				ValidFunctionaries: r.Collection.ValidFunctionaries,
+			}
+			resultCheckFields = append(resultCheckFields, o)
+		}
+
 		assert.Equal(t, testCase.expectedResults, resultCheckFields)
 	}
 }