diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_options.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_options.cpp
index 0f4f274..fc8bd29 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_options.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/node_options.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ NodeOptions &
 NodeOptions::operator=(const NodeOptions & other)
 {
   if (this != &other) {
+    this->node_options_.reset();
     this->context_ = other.context_;
     this->arguments_ = other.arguments_;
     this->parameter_overrides_ = other.parameter_overrides_;
@@ -75,11 +76,13 @@ NodeOptions::operator=(const NodeOptions & other)
     this->use_intra_process_comms_ = other.use_intra_process_comms_;
     this->enable_topic_statistics_ = other.enable_topic_statistics_;
     this->start_parameter_services_ = other.start_parameter_services_;
-    this->allocator_ = other.allocator_;
+    this->start_parameter_event_publisher_ = other.start_parameter_event_publisher_;
+    this->parameter_event_qos_ = other.parameter_event_qos_;
+    this->parameter_event_publisher_options_ = other.parameter_event_publisher_options_;
     this->allow_undeclared_parameters_ = other.allow_undeclared_parameters_;
     this->automatically_declare_parameters_from_overrides_ =
       other.automatically_declare_parameters_from_overrides_;
-    this->node_options_.reset();
+    this->allocator_ = other.allocator_;
   }
   return *this;
 }