diff --git a/multicluster/charts/linkerd-multicluster-link/templates/service-mirror.yaml b/multicluster/charts/linkerd-multicluster-link/templates/service-mirror.yaml
index 76b6241758c80..339bd4b13ee82 100644
--- a/multicluster/charts/linkerd-multicluster-link/templates/service-mirror.yaml
+++ b/multicluster/charts/linkerd-multicluster-link/templates/service-mirror.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- with .Values.commonLabels }}{{ toYaml . | trim | nindent 4 }}{{- end }}
 {{- include "partials.image-pull-secrets" .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
 ---
+{{- $tree := deepCopy . }}
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -120,10 +121,9 @@ spec:
         mirror.linkerd.io/cluster-name: {{.Values.targetClusterName}}
         {{- with .Values.podLabels }}{{ toYaml . | trim | nindent 8 }}{{- end }}
     spec:
-    {{- if .Values.enablePodAntiAffinity -}}
-    {{- $local := dict "label" "mirror.linkerd.io/cluster-name" "component" .Values.targetClusterName -}}
-    {{- include "linkerd.pod-affinity" $local | nindent 6 -}}
-    {{- end }}
+    {{- $_ := set $tree "component" .Values.targetClusterName -}}
+    {{- $_ := set $tree "label" "mirror.linkerd.io/cluster-name" -}}
+    {{- include "linkerd.affinity" $tree | nindent 6 }}
       containers:
       - args:
         - service-mirror