diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1_test.go
index 4d342101d2f..0852d7040d0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources/server_v1_test.go
@@ -705,12 +705,13 @@ func TestGetPodResourcesV1(t *testing.T) {
 			server := NewV1PodResourcesServer(providers)
 			podReq := &podresourcesapi.GetPodResourcesRequest{PodName: podName, PodNamespace: podNamespace}
 			resp, err := server.Get(context.TODO(), podReq)
+
 			if err != nil {
 				if err.Error() != tc.err.Error() {
 					t.Errorf("want exit = %v, got %v", tc.err, err)
 				}
 			} else {
-				if err != err {
+				if err != tc.err {
 					t.Errorf("want exit = %v, got %v", tc.err, err)
 				} else {
 					if !equalGetResponse(tc.expectedResponse, resp) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/events/events_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/events/events_test.go
index fdf448b48d5..7607f8aff2b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/events/events_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/events/events_test.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func TestEventIsSorted(t *testing.T) {
 	codec := scheme.Codecs.LegacyCodec(scheme.Scheme.PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()...)
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericiooptions.NewTestIOStreams()
 	clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cmdtesting.DefaultClientConfig())
-	if err != err {
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func TestEventNoHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	codec := scheme.Codecs.LegacyCodec(scheme.Scheme.PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()...)
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericiooptions.NewTestIOStreams()
 	clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cmdtesting.DefaultClientConfig())
-	if err != err {
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func TestEventFiltered(t *testing.T) {
 	codec := scheme.Codecs.LegacyCodec(scheme.Scheme.PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()...)
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericiooptions.NewTestIOStreams()
 	clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cmdtesting.DefaultClientConfig())
-	if err != err {
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}