diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
index c26be8cd2..05018bd4b 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ func RemovePaths(paths map[string]string) (err error) {
 			}
 		}
 		if len(paths) == 0 {
+			//nolint:ineffassign // done to help garbage collecting: opencontainers/runc#2506
 			paths = make(map[string]string)
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/libcontainer/init_linux.go b/libcontainer/init_linux.go
index 11dfe17e1..575dd4612 100644
--- a/libcontainer/init_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/init_linux.go
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ func setupRlimits(limits []configs.Rlimit, pid int) error {
 
 const _P_PID = 1
 
+//nolint:structcheck,unused
 type siginfo struct {
 	si_signo int32
 	si_errno int32
diff --git a/libcontainer/intelrdt/intelrdt.go b/libcontainer/intelrdt/intelrdt.go
index 0e5a89bcb..9e1af7aa4 100644
--- a/libcontainer/intelrdt/intelrdt.go
+++ b/libcontainer/intelrdt/intelrdt.go
@@ -295,11 +295,7 @@ func getIntelRdtRoot() (string, error) {
 
 func isIntelRdtMounted() bool {
 	_, err := getIntelRdtRoot()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return true
+	return err == nil
 }
 
 type cpuInfoFlags struct {