diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime_test.go
index 194aeb029f4..ea247342a56 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime_test.go
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	r := createRemoteRuntimeService(endpoint, t)
 	version, err := r.Version(apitest.FakeVersion)
-	if assert.NoError(t, err) {
-		assert.Equal(t, apitest.FakeVersion, version.Version)
-		assert.Equal(t, apitest.FakeRuntimeName, version.RuntimeName)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, apitest.FakeVersion, version.Version)
+	assert.Equal(t, apitest.FakeRuntimeName, version.RuntimeName)
 }