diff --git a/internal/statemachine/helper_test.go b/internal/statemachine/helper_test.go
index db88932f..a367e463 100644
--- a/internal/statemachine/helper_test.go
+++ b/internal/statemachine/helper_test.go
@@ -1388,14 +1388,14 @@ func TestStateMachine_updateGrub_checkcmds(t *testing.T) {
 	execCommand = mockCmder.Command
 	t.Cleanup(func() { execCommand = exec.Command })
 
-	stdout, restoreStdout, err := helper.CaptureStd(&os.Stdout)
+	stdout, restoreStdout, _ := helper.CaptureStd(&os.Stdout)
 	t.Cleanup(func() { restoreStdout() })
 
 	err = stateMachine.updateGrub("", 2)
 	asserter.AssertErrNil(err, true)
 
 	restoreStdout()
-	readStdout, err := io.ReadAll(stdout)
+	readStdout, _ := io.ReadAll(stdout)
 
 	expectedCmds := []*regexp.Regexp{
 		regexp.MustCompile("mount .*p2 .*/scratch/loopback"),
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ func TestStateMachine_updateGrub_checkcmds(t *testing.T) {
 
 	gotCmds := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(readStdout)), "\n")
 	if len(expectedCmds) != len(gotCmds) {
-		t.Fatalf("%v commands to be executed, expected %v", len(gotCmds), len(expectedCmds))
+	a	t.Fatalf("%v commands to be executed, expected %v", len(gotCmds), len(expectedCmds))
 	}
 
 	for i, gotCmd := range gotCmds {