diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors/errors_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors/errors_test.go
index b67bf885b3e..e4743d0d781 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors/errors_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors/errors_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestErrorNew(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected to not be %s", metav1.StatusReasonConflict)
 	}
 	if IsNotFound(err) {
-		t.Errorf(fmt.Sprintf("expected to not be %s", metav1.StatusReasonNotFound))
+		t.Errorf("expected to not be %s", metav1.StatusReasonNotFound)
 	}
 	if IsInvalid(err) {
 		t.Errorf("expected to not be %s", metav1.StatusReasonInvalid)