diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/etcd.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/etcd.go
index e46c5fac8c3..e272d2fdf75 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/etcd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/etcd.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (s *sourceEtcd) run() {
 	boundPods := api.BoundPods{}
 	err := s.helper.ExtractObj(s.key, &boundPods, false)
 	if err != nil {
-		if (tools.IsEtcdNotFound(err)) {
+		if tools.IsEtcdNotFound(err) {
 			glog.V(4).Infof("etcd failed to retrieve the value for the key %q. Error: %v", s.key, err)
 			return
 		}