diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 02999c23998..767d96b6a1c 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ pkg/volume/emptydir
 pkg/volume/fc
 pkg/volume/flexvolume
 pkg/volume/flocker
-pkg/volume/hostpath
 pkg/volume/iscsi
 pkg/volume/local
 pkg/volume/portworx
diff --git a/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path_test.go b/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path_test.go
index fa94755b1bc..86b5a69a19c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path_test.go
@@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ func setUp() error {
 	}
 
 	f, err := os.OpenFile("/tmp/ExistingFolder/foo", os.O_CREATE, os.FileMode(0644))
-	defer f.Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer f.Close()
 
 	return nil
 }