diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 4e60c07d633..c4cf3952eea 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ test/e2e/common
 test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/stackdriver
 test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring
 test/e2e/lifecycle
-test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap
 test/e2e/manifest
 test/e2e/network
 test/e2e/storage
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/bootstrap_signer.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/bootstrap_signer.go
index e6c9f4e4b29..d7991740203 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/bootstrap_signer.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/bootstrap_signer.go
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ var _ = lifecycle.SIGDescribe("[Feature:BootstrapTokens]", func() {
 		tokenId, err := GenerateTokenId()
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		secret := newTokenSecret(tokenId, "tokenSecret")
-		secret, err = c.CoreV1().Secrets(metav1.NamespaceSystem).Create(secret)
+		_, err = c.CoreV1().Secrets(metav1.NamespaceSystem).Create(secret)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		secretNeedClean = bootstrapapi.BootstrapTokenSecretPrefix + tokenId
 
 		ginkgo.By("wait for the bootstrap token secret be signed")