diff --git a/app/client/src/workers/common/DataTreeEvaluator/index.ts b/app/client/src/workers/common/DataTreeEvaluator/index.ts
index 6bd7724111..2b8bdc569c 100644
--- a/app/client/src/workers/common/DataTreeEvaluator/index.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/workers/common/DataTreeEvaluator/index.ts
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ export default class DataTreeEvaluator {
     const evaluationOrder = this.sortedDependencies;
     // Evaluate
     const { evalMetaUpdates, evaluatedTree, staleMetaIds } = this.evaluateTree(
-      this.oldUnEvalTree,
+      //we need to deep clone oldUnEvalTree because evaluateTree will mutate it
+      klona(this.oldUnEvalTree),
       evaluationOrder,
       undefined,
       this.oldConfigTree,
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@ export default class DataTreeEvaluator {
       evaluatedTree: newEvalTree,
       staleMetaIds,
     } = this.evaluateTree(
+      // should not clone evalTree unnessarily because it is anyways being overwritten in the subsequent statement
       this.evalTree,
       evaluationOrder,
       {
@@ -922,7 +924,7 @@ export default class DataTreeEvaluator {
   }
 
   evaluateTree(
-    oldUnevalTree: DataTree,
+    dataTree: DataTree,
     evaluationOrder: Array<string>,
     options: {
       isFirstTree: boolean;
@@ -939,9 +941,8 @@ export default class DataTreeEvaluator {
     evalMetaUpdates: EvalMetaUpdates;
     staleMetaIds: string[];
   } {
-    const tree = klona(oldUnevalTree);
     errorModifier.updateAsyncFunctions(
-      tree,
+      dataTree,
       this.getConfigTree(),
       this.dependencyMap,
     );
@@ -1167,7 +1168,7 @@ export default class DataTreeEvaluator {
               return set(currentTree, fullPropertyPath, evalPropertyValue);
           }
         },
-        tree,
+        dataTree,
       );
 
       return {
@@ -1180,7 +1181,7 @@ export default class DataTreeEvaluator {
         type: EvalErrorTypes.EVAL_TREE_ERROR,
         message: (error as Error).message,
       });
-      return { evaluatedTree: tree, evalMetaUpdates, staleMetaIds: [] };
+      return { evaluatedTree: dataTree, evalMetaUpdates, staleMetaIds: [] };
     }
   }
 
@@ -1465,7 +1466,9 @@ export default class DataTreeEvaluator {
     // setting parseValue in dataTree
     set(currentTree, fullPropertyPath, parsedValue);
     // setting evalPropertyValue in unParsedEvalTree
-    set(this.getUnParsedEvalTree(), fullPropertyPath, evalPropertyValue);
+    // cloning evalPropertyValue because parsedValue and evalPropertyValue could be equal, they both could share the same reference
+    //hence we are cloning evalPropertyValue to seperate them
+    set(this.getUnParsedEvalTree(), fullPropertyPath, klona(evalPropertyValue));
   }
 
   reValidateWidgetDependentProperty({
diff --git a/app/client/src/workers/common/DataTreeEvaluator/test.ts b/app/client/src/workers/common/DataTreeEvaluator/test.ts
index 7b78bbe691..1c4dc3ae3c 100644
--- a/app/client/src/workers/common/DataTreeEvaluator/test.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/workers/common/DataTreeEvaluator/test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { replaceThisDotParams } from "./utils";
 import { isDataField } from "./utils";
 import widgets from "widgets";
 import type { WidgetConfiguration } from "WidgetProvider/constants";
+import { klona } from "klona";
 
 const widgetConfigMap: Record<
   string,
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ describe("DataTreeEvaluator", () => {
             nonDynamicFieldValidationOrder: nonDynamicFieldValidationOrder5,
             unEvalUpdates,
           } = dataTreeEvaluator.setupUpdateTree(
-            nestedArrayAccessorCyclicDependency.apiSuccessUnEvalTree,
+            klona(nestedArrayAccessorCyclicDependency.apiSuccessUnEvalTree),
             nestedArrayAccessorCyclicDependencyConfig.apiSuccessConfigTree,
           );
           dataTreeEvaluator.evalAndValidateSubTree(
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ describe("DataTreeEvaluator", () => {
           nonDynamicFieldValidationOrder,
           unEvalUpdates,
         } = dataTreeEvaluator.setupUpdateTree(
-          nestedArrayAccessorCyclicDependency.apiSuccessUnEvalTree,
+          klona(nestedArrayAccessorCyclicDependency.apiSuccessUnEvalTree),
           nestedArrayAccessorCyclicDependencyConfig.apiSuccessConfigTree,
         );
         dataTreeEvaluator.evalAndValidateSubTree(
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ describe("DataTreeEvaluator", () => {
           nonDynamicFieldValidationOrder: nonDynamicFieldValidationOrder2,
           unEvalUpdates,
         } = dataTreeEvaluator.setupUpdateTree(
-          nestedArrayAccessorCyclicDependency.apiSuccessUnEvalTree,
+          klona(nestedArrayAccessorCyclicDependency.apiSuccessUnEvalTree),
           nestedArrayAccessorCyclicDependencyConfig.apiSuccessConfigTree,
         );
         dataTreeEvaluator.evalAndValidateSubTree(