diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis.go
index e9d75806e19..c014e044aad 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apiserver/handler_apis.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ type apiGroupHandler struct {
 
 func (r *apiGroupHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	apiServices, err := r.lister.List(labels.Everything())
-	if statusErr, ok := err.(*apierrors.StatusError); ok && err != nil {
+	if statusErr, ok := err.(*apierrors.StatusError); ok {
 		responsewriters.WriteRawJSON(int(statusErr.Status().Code), statusErr.Status(), w)
 		return
 	}