diff --git a/rest/watch/decoder_test.go b/rest/watch/decoder_test.go
index 2e02cf75..c014f065 100644
--- a/rest/watch/decoder_test.go
+++ b/rest/watch/decoder_test.go
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ func TestDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 		out, in := io.Pipe()
 
 		decoder := restclientwatch.NewDecoder(streaming.NewDecoder(out, getDecoder()), getDecoder())
-
 		expect := &v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"}}
 		encoder := json.NewEncoder(in)
+		eType := eventType
 		go func() {
 			data, err := runtime.Encode(scheme.Codecs.LegacyCodec(v1.SchemeGroupVersion), expect)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 			}
 			event := metav1.WatchEvent{
-				Type:   string(eventType),
+				Type:   string(eType),
 				Object: runtime.RawExtension{Raw: json.RawMessage(data)},
 			}
 			if err := encoder.Encode(&event); err != nil {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 			}
-			if e, a := eventType, action; e != a {
+			if e, a := eType, action; e != a {
 				t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", e, a)
 			}
 			if e, a := expect, got; !apiequality.Semantic.DeepDerivative(e, a) {