diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 204cf29ead0..4ef3cf855f5 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/dynamiccertificates
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters
-vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/httplog
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/routes
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/httplog/httplog.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/httplog/httplog.go
index 386d5b9ca2b..92b9b1285cf 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/httplog/httplog.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/httplog/httplog.go
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ type respLogger struct {
 // Simple logger that logs immediately when Addf is called
 type passthroughLogger struct{}
 
+//lint:ignore SA1019 Interface implementation check to make sure we don't drop CloseNotifier again
+var _ http.CloseNotifier = &respLogger{}
+
 // Addf logs info immediately.
 func (passthroughLogger) Addf(format string, data ...interface{}) {
 	klog.V(2).Info(fmt.Sprintf(format, data...))
@@ -239,6 +242,7 @@ func (rl *respLogger) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
 
 // CloseNotify implements http.CloseNotifier
 func (rl *respLogger) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 There are places in the code base requiring the CloseNotifier interface to be implemented.
 	return rl.w.(http.CloseNotifier).CloseNotify()
 }