diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index f9fa17823a4..52d171419d7 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/encrypt/envelope
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/webhook
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/wsstream
-vendor/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/discovery
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/rest
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/rest/watch
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers/tableprinter.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers/tableprinter.go
index 56bd05aa0d3..048cb66a2ba 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers/tableprinter.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers/tableprinter.go
@@ -94,9 +94,8 @@ func printHeader(columnNames []string, w io.Writer) error {
 // PrintObj prints the obj in a human-friendly format according to the type of the obj.
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, output io.Writer) error {
 
-	w, found := output.(*tabwriter.Writer)
-	if !found {
-		w = GetNewTabWriter(output)
+	if _, found := output.(*tabwriter.Writer); !found {
+		w := GetNewTabWriter(output)
 		output = w
 		defer w.Flush()
 	}