diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index bcce9fc1e87..96df3b8dec1 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -48,4 +48,3 @@ vendor/k8s.io/client-go/rest
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/rest/watch
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/transport
 vendor/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample
-vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/scale
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/scale/scale.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/scale/scale.go
index 545ced9e356..027473ac26b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/scale/scale.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/scale/scale.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (o *ScaleOptions) RunScale() error {
 	}
 
 	infos := []*resource.Info{}
-	err = r.Visit(func(info *resource.Info, err error) error {
+	r.Visit(func(info *resource.Info, err error) error {
 		if err == nil {
 			infos = append(infos, info)
 		}