diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/ebpf/devicefilter/devicefilter.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/ebpf/devicefilter/devicefilter.go
index ac77652a7..c1681a50c 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/ebpf/devicefilter/devicefilter.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/ebpf/devicefilter/devicefilter.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Package devicefilter containes eBPF device filter program
+// Package devicefilter contains eBPF device filter program
 //
 // The implementation is based on https://github.com/containers/crun/blob/0.10.2/src/libcrun/ebpf.c
 //
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go
index 1a18971bc..7c74b4e91 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ func (s *CpuacctGroup) GetStats(path string, stats *cgroups.Stats) error {
 
 // Returns user and kernel usage breakdown in nanoseconds.
 func getCpuUsageBreakdown(path string) (uint64, uint64, error) {
-	userModeUsage := uint64(0)
-	kernelModeUsage := uint64(0)
+	var userModeUsage, kernelModeUsage uint64
 	const (
 		userField   = "user"
 		systemField = "system"
diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
index 3b744f167..97c8fb8bc 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ func CreateLibcontainerConfig(opts *CreateOpts) (*configs.Config, error) {
 		RootlessCgroups: opts.RootlessCgroups,
 	}
 
-	exists := false
 	for _, m := range spec.Mounts {
 		config.Mounts = append(config.Mounts, createLibcontainerMount(cwd, m))
 	}
@@ -253,6 +252,7 @@ func CreateLibcontainerConfig(opts *CreateOpts) (*configs.Config, error) {
 	config.Cgroups = c
 	// set linux-specific config
 	if spec.Linux != nil {
+		var exists bool
 		if config.RootPropagation, exists = mountPropagationMapping[spec.Linux.RootfsPropagation]; !exists {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("rootfsPropagation=%v is not supported", spec.Linux.RootfsPropagation)
 		}