diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/copycerts.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/copycerts.go
index bd1b119ea83..d15033a48de 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/copycerts.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/copycerts.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func getDataFromDisk(cfg *kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration, key []byte) (map[string]
 	secretData := map[string][]byte{}
 	for certName, certPath := range certsToTransfer(cfg) {
 		cert, err := loadAndEncryptCert(certPath, key)
-		if err == nil || (err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err)) {
+		if err == nil || os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			secretData[certOrKeyNameToSecretName(certName)] = cert
 		} else {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/pkiutil/pki_helpers.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/pkiutil/pki_helpers.go
index 6e49a924eb1..170c0fa4583 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/pkiutil/pki_helpers.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/pkiutil/pki_helpers.go
@@ -480,8 +480,7 @@ func parseCSRPEM(pemCSR []byte) (*x509.CertificateRequest, error) {
 	}
 
 	if block.Type != certutil.CertificateRequestBlockType {
-		var block *pem.Block
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("expected block type %q, but PEM had type %v", certutil.CertificateRequestBlockType, block.Type)
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("expected block type %q, but PEM had type %q", certutil.CertificateRequestBlockType, block.Type)
 	}
 
 	return x509.ParseCertificateRequest(block.Bytes)