diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 880223e95de..3c9d7203b86 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ test/e2e/apps
 test/e2e/autoscaling
 test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/stackdriver
 test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring
-test/e2e/manifest
 test/images/agnhost/dns
 test/images/agnhost/inclusterclient
 test/images/agnhost/net/nat
diff --git a/test/e2e/manifest/manifest.go b/test/e2e/manifest/manifest.go
index 691c5ef1309..b3d62923c99 100644
--- a/test/e2e/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/test/e2e/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ func DaemonSetFromManifest(fileName, ns string) (*appsv1.DaemonSet, error) {
 func RoleFromManifest(fileName, ns string) (*rbacv1.Role, error) {
 	var role rbacv1.Role
 	data, err := testfiles.Read(fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	json, err := utilyaml.ToJSON(data)
 	if err != nil {