diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 78ab627f37d..9d40a346470 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ pkg/volume/csi
 pkg/volume/fc
 pkg/volume/flexvolume
 pkg/volume/flocker
-pkg/volume/hostpath
 pkg/volume/iscsi
 pkg/volume/local
 pkg/volume/portworx
diff --git a/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path.go b/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path.go
index af10f49ed54..40dfcaabe7a 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path.go
@@ -357,9 +357,8 @@ type hostPathTypeChecker interface {
 }
 
 type fileTypeChecker struct {
-	path   string
-	exists bool
-	hu     hostutil.HostUtils
+	path string
+	hu   hostutil.HostUtils
 }
 
 func (ftc *fileTypeChecker) Exists() bool {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path_test.go b/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path_test.go
index fa94755b1bc..86b5a69a19c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/hostpath/host_path_test.go
@@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ func setUp() error {
 	}
 
 	f, err := os.OpenFile("/tmp/ExistingFolder/foo", os.O_CREATE, os.FileMode(0644))
-	defer f.Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer f.Close()
 
 	return nil
 }