diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
index c43ff57955..8e101e9b90 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // Object is a qemu object representation.
+// nolint: govet
 type Object struct {
 	// Driver is the qemu device driver
 	Driver DeviceDriver
@@ -439,6 +440,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // FSDevice represents a qemu filesystem configuration.
+// nolint: govet
 type FSDevice struct {
 	// Driver is the qemu device driver
 	Driver DeviceDriver
@@ -574,6 +576,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // CharDevice represents a qemu character device.
+// nolint: govet
 type CharDevice struct {
 	Backend CharDeviceBackend
 
@@ -784,6 +787,7 @@ func (n NetDeviceType) QemuDeviceParam(netdev *NetDevice, config *Config) Device
 }
 
 // NetDevice represents a guest networking device
+// nolint: govet
 type NetDevice struct {
 	// Type is the netdev type (e.g. tap).
 	Type NetDeviceType
@@ -1041,6 +1045,7 @@ func (dev LegacySerialDevice) deviceName(config *Config) string {
 */
 
 // SerialDevice represents a qemu serial device.
+// nolint: govet
 type SerialDevice struct {
 	// Driver is the qemu device driver
 	Driver DeviceDriver
@@ -1149,6 +1154,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // BlockDevice represents a qemu block device.
+// nolint: govet
 type BlockDevice struct {
 	Driver    DeviceDriver
 	ID        string
@@ -1316,6 +1322,7 @@ func (dev LoaderDevice) QemuParams(config *Config) []string {
 
 // VhostUserDevice represents a qemu vhost-user device meant to be passed
 // in to the guest
+// nolint: govet
 type VhostUserDevice struct {
 	SocketPath     string //path to vhostuser socket on host
 	CharDevID      string
@@ -1567,6 +1574,7 @@ func (vhostuserDev VhostUserDevice) deviceName(config *Config) string {
 }
 
 // PCIeRootPortDevice represents a memory balloon device.
+// nolint: govet
 type PCIeRootPortDevice struct {
 	ID string // format: rp{n}, n>=0
 
@@ -1747,6 +1755,7 @@ func (vfioDev VFIODevice) deviceName(config *Config) string {
 }
 
 // SCSIController represents a SCSI controller device.
+// nolint: govet
 type SCSIController struct {
 	ID string
 
@@ -1843,6 +1852,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // BridgeDevice represents a qemu bridge device like pci-bridge, pxb, etc.
+// nolint: govet
 type BridgeDevice struct {
 	// Type of the bridge
 	Type BridgeType
@@ -1940,6 +1950,7 @@ func (bridgeDev BridgeDevice) QemuParams(config *Config) []string {
 }
 
 // VSOCKDevice represents a AF_VSOCK socket.
+// nolint: govet
 type VSOCKDevice struct {
 	ID string
 
@@ -2036,6 +2047,7 @@ func (vsock VSOCKDevice) deviceName(config *Config) string {
 }
 
 // RngDevice represents a random number generator device.
+// nolint: govet
 type RngDevice struct {
 	// ID is the device ID
 	ID string
@@ -2124,6 +2136,7 @@ func (v RngDevice) deviceName(config *Config) string {
 }
 
 // BalloonDevice represents a memory balloon device.
+// nolint: govet
 type BalloonDevice struct {
 	DeflateOnOOM  bool
 	DisableModern bool
@@ -2358,6 +2371,7 @@ type SMP struct {
 }
 
 // Memory is the guest memory configuration structure.
+// nolint: govet
 type Memory struct {
 	// Size is the amount of memory made available to the guest.
 	// It should be suffixed with M or G for sizes in megabytes or
@@ -2505,6 +2519,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // Incoming controls migration source preparation
+// nolint: govet
 type Incoming struct {
 	// Possible values are MigrationFD, MigrationExec
 	MigrationType int
@@ -2516,6 +2531,7 @@ type Incoming struct {
 
 // Config is the qemu configuration structure.
 // It allows for passing custom settings and parameters to the qemu API.
+// nolint: govet
 type Config struct {
 	// Path is the qemu binary path.
 	Path string
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
index 2e30c2ba9d..83c5293d6a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ type qmpEventFilter struct {
 }
 
 // QMPEvent contains a single QMP event, sent on the QMPConfig.EventCh channel.
+// nolint: govet
 type QMPEvent struct {
 	// The name of the event, e.g., DEVICE_DELETED
 	Name string
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ type qmpResult struct {
 	err      error
 }
 
+// nolint: govet
 type qmpCommand struct {
 	ctx            context.Context
 	res            chan qmpResult
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ type qmpCommand struct {
 
 // QMP is a structure that contains the internal state used by startQMPLoop and
 // the go routines it spwans.  All the contents of this structure are private.
+// nolint: govet
 type QMP struct {
 	cmdCh          chan qmpCommand
 	conn           io.ReadWriteCloser
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ type QMP struct {
 
 // QMPVersion contains the version number and the capabailities of a QEMU
 // instance, as reported in the QMP greeting message.
+// nolint: govet
 type QMPVersion struct {
 	Major        int
 	Minor        int
@@ -158,6 +162,7 @@ type CPUProperties struct {
 }
 
 // HotpluggableCPU represents a hotpluggable CPU
+// nolint: govet
 type HotpluggableCPU struct {
 	Type       string        `json:"type"`
 	VcpusCount int           `json:"vcpus-count"`
@@ -166,6 +171,7 @@ type HotpluggableCPU struct {
 }
 
 // MemoryDevicesData cotains the data describes a memory device
+// nolint: govet
 type MemoryDevicesData struct {
 	Slot         int    `json:"slot"`
 	Node         int    `json:"node"`
@@ -178,12 +184,14 @@ type MemoryDevicesData struct {
 }
 
 // MemoryDevices represents memory devices of vm
+// nolint: govet
 type MemoryDevices struct {
 	Data MemoryDevicesData `json:"data"`
 	Type string            `json:"type"`
 }
 
 // CPUInfo represents information about each virtual CPU
+// nolint: govet
 type CPUInfo struct {
 	CPU      int           `json:"CPU"`
 	Current  bool          `json:"current"`
@@ -196,6 +204,7 @@ type CPUInfo struct {
 }
 
 // CPUInfoFast represents information about each virtual CPU
+// nolint: govet
 type CPUInfoFast struct {
 	CPUIndex int           `json:"cpu-index"`
 	QomPath  string        `json:"qom-path"`
@@ -252,6 +261,7 @@ type SchemaInfo struct {
 }
 
 // StatusInfo represents guest running status
+// nolint: govet
 type StatusInfo struct {
 	Running    bool   `json:"running"`
 	SingleStep bool   `json:"singlestep"`
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go
index 83259290bb..ad3c0092d9 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qmp_test.go
@@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ func (l qmpTestLogger) Errorf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	l.Infof(format, v...)
 }
 
+// nolint: govet
 type qmpTestCommand struct {
 	name string
 	args map[string]interface{}
 }
 
+// nolint: govet
 type qmpTestEvent struct {
 	name      string
 	data      map[string]interface{}
@@ -73,11 +75,13 @@ type qmpTestEvent struct {
 	after     time.Duration
 }
 
+// nolint: govet
 type qmpTestResult struct {
 	result string
 	data   interface{}
 }
 
+// nolint: govet
 type qmpTestCommandBuffer struct {
 	newDataCh  chan []byte
 	t          *testing.T