diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
index e7afc097d5..e98b02ecec 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
@@ -742,11 +742,7 @@ func (clh *cloudHypervisor) check() error {
 }
 
 func (clh *cloudHypervisor) getPids() []int {
-
-	var pids []int
-	pids = append(pids, clh.state.PID)
-
-	return pids
+	return []int{clh.state.PID}
 }
 
 func (clh *cloudHypervisor) getVirtioFsPid() *int {
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index fcf700fa54..ec282d6998 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -2280,8 +2280,7 @@ func (q *qemu) getPids() []int {
 		return []int{0}
 	}
 
-	var pids []int
-	pids = append(pids, pid)
+	pids := []int{pid}
 	if q.state.VirtiofsdPid != 0 {
 		pids = append(pids, q.state.VirtiofsdPid)
 	}