diff --git a/server/etcdmain/config_test.go b/server/etcdmain/config_test.go
index 7faefef60ad..1a15e20c0ae 100644
--- a/server/etcdmain/config_test.go
+++ b/server/etcdmain/config_test.go
@@ -796,7 +796,8 @@ enable-distributed-tracing: true
 				}
 				defer os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
 
-				if err := os.WriteFile(tmpfile.Name(), []byte(tc.yamlConfig), 0600); err != nil {
+				err = os.WriteFile(tmpfile.Name(), []byte(tc.yamlConfig), 0600)
+				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}