diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index 182000445ac..d3ea9a7607b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -1111,10 +1111,10 @@ func (r *Runtime) getSelinuxContext(opt *v1.SELinuxOptions) (string, error) {
 // From the generateName or the podName return a basename for improving the logging with the Journal
 // journalctl -t podBaseName
 func constructSyslogIdentifier(generateName string, podName string) string {
-	if (len(generateName) > 1 && generateName[len(generateName) - 1] == '-') {
-		return generateName[0:len(generateName) - 1]
+	if len(generateName) > 1 && generateName[len(generateName)-1] == '-' {
+		return generateName[0 : len(generateName)-1]
 	}
-	if (len(generateName) > 0) {
+	if len(generateName) > 0 {
 		return generateName
 	}
 	return podName
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
index 0d6dfa722c8..536f3853c71 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
@@ -1955,9 +1955,9 @@ func TestPreparePodArgs(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConstructSyslogIdentifier(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
-		podName     		string
-		podGenerateName 	string
-		identifier          	string
+		podName         string
+		podGenerateName string
+		identifier      string
 	}{
 		{
 			"prometheus-node-exporter-rv90m",
@@ -1979,4 +1979,4 @@ func TestConstructSyslogIdentifier(t *testing.T) {
 		identifier := constructSyslogIdentifier(testCase.podGenerateName, testCase.podName)
 		assert.Equal(t, testCase.identifier, identifier, fmt.Sprintf("Test case #%d", i))
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}