diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 4a23777dca..302effc5d8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ func (q *qemu) createVirtiofsDaemon(sharedPath string) (VirtiofsDaemon, error) {
 }
 
 // CreateVM is the Hypervisor VM creation implementation for govmmQemu.
+// nolint: gocyclo
 func (q *qemu) CreateVM(ctx context.Context, id string, network Network, hypervisorConfig *HypervisorConfig) error {
 	// Save the tracing context
 	q.ctx = ctx