diff --git a/go/cmd/pserver/pserver.go b/go/cmd/pserver/pserver.go
index 2b63fd7f3eba9b18a779a349f277d9084646168b..f9cd8f87e8f2e715c87834ee08482be0f511f681 100644
--- a/go/cmd/pserver/pserver.go
+++ b/go/cmd/pserver/pserver.go
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	shutdown := func() {
 		log.Infoln("shutting down gracefully")
-		err := e.Shutdown()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorln(err)
+		sErr := e.Shutdown()
+		if sErr != nil {
+			log.Errorln(sErr)
 		}
 	}