diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go
index 65a9320ac47..c1936db2efa 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go
@@ -135,12 +135,13 @@ func (pb *prober) runProbeWithRetries(ctx context.Context, probeType probeType,
 
 func (pb *prober) runProbe(ctx context.Context, probeType probeType, p *v1.Probe, pod *v1.Pod, status v1.PodStatus, container v1.Container, containerID kubecontainer.ContainerID) (probe.Result, string, error) {
 	timeout := time.Duration(p.TimeoutSeconds) * time.Second
-	if p.Exec != nil {
+	switch {
+	case p.Exec != nil:
 		klog.V(4).InfoS("Exec-Probe runProbe", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "containerName", container.Name, "execCommand", p.Exec.Command)
 		command := kubecontainer.ExpandContainerCommandOnlyStatic(p.Exec.Command, container.Env)
 		return pb.exec.Probe(pb.newExecInContainer(ctx, container, containerID, command, timeout))
-	}
-	if p.HTTPGet != nil {
+
+	case p.HTTPGet != nil:
 		req, err := httpprobe.NewRequestForHTTPGetAction(p.HTTPGet, &container, status.PodIP, "probe")
 		if err != nil {
 			return probe.Unknown, "", err
@@ -154,8 +155,8 @@ func (pb *prober) runProbe(ctx context.Context, probeType probeType, p *v1.Probe
 			klogV4.InfoS("HTTP-Probe", "scheme", scheme, "host", host, "port", port, "path", path, "timeout", timeout, "headers", headers)
 		}
 		return pb.http.Probe(req, timeout)
-	}
-	if p.TCPSocket != nil {
+
+	case p.TCPSocket != nil:
 		port, err := probe.ResolveContainerPort(p.TCPSocket.Port, &container)
 		if err != nil {
 			return probe.Unknown, "", err
@@ -166,9 +167,8 @@ func (pb *prober) runProbe(ctx context.Context, probeType probeType, p *v1.Probe
 		}
 		klog.V(4).InfoS("TCP-Probe", "host", host, "port", port, "timeout", timeout)
 		return pb.tcp.Probe(host, port, timeout)
-	}
 
-	if p.GRPC != nil {
+	case p.GRPC != nil:
 		host := status.PodIP
 		service := ""
 		if p.GRPC.Service != nil {
@@ -176,10 +176,11 @@ func (pb *prober) runProbe(ctx context.Context, probeType probeType, p *v1.Probe
 		}
 		klog.V(4).InfoS("GRPC-Probe", "host", host, "service", service, "port", p.GRPC.Port, "timeout", timeout)
 		return pb.grpc.Probe(host, service, int(p.GRPC.Port), timeout)
-	}
 
-	klog.InfoS("Failed to find probe builder for container", "containerName", container.Name)
-	return probe.Unknown, "", fmt.Errorf("missing probe handler for %s:%s", format.Pod(pod), container.Name)
+	default:
+		klog.InfoS("Failed to find probe builder for container", "containerName", container.Name)
+		return probe.Unknown, "", fmt.Errorf("missing probe handler for %s:%s", format.Pod(pod), container.Name)
+	}
 }
 
 type execInContainer struct {