diff --git a/test/integration/functional_test.go b/test/integration/functional_test.go
index fb6eebee764fdbc933af7a3cb747df3df026b5b6..79e1e51fa7589d2af1dcfe7daabfe5d21d8800ca 100644
--- a/test/integration/functional_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/functional_test.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func validateKubectlGetPods(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 // validateMinikubeKubectl validates that the `minikube kubectl` command returns content
 func validateMinikubeKubectl(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 	kubectlArgs := []string{"kubectl", "--", "get", "pods"}
-	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), kubectlArgs...))
+	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), kubectlArgs...))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("%s failed: %v", rr.Args, err)
 	}