diff --git a/resultset.go b/resultset.go
index 3364e5c97..5833721ba 100644
--- a/resultset.go
+++ b/resultset.go
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ func (r *ResultSet) Metadata() (*ResultMetadata, error) {
 //
 // Refer to the documentation for [encoding/json.Unmarshal] for unmarshaling
 // details.
-func (r *ResultSet) ScanValue(dest interface{}) (err error) {
-	runlock, err := r.makeReady(&err)
+func (r *ResultSet) ScanValue(dest interface{}) error {
+	runlock, err := r.makeReady()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ func (r *ResultSet) ScanValue(dest interface{}) (err error) {
 //
 // If the row returned an error, it will be returned rather than
 // unmarshaling the doc, as error rows do not include docs.
-func (r *ResultSet) ScanDoc(dest interface{}) (err error) {
-	runlock, err := r.makeReady(&err)
+func (r *ResultSet) ScanDoc(dest interface{}) error {
+	runlock, err := r.makeReady()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ func (r *ResultSet) ScanDoc(dest interface{}) (err error) {
 //
 // Unlike [ResultSet.ScanValue] and [ResultSet.ScanDoc], this may successfully
 // scan the key, and also return an error, if the row itself represents an error.
-func (r *ResultSet) ScanKey(dest interface{}) (err error) {
-	runlock, err := r.makeReady(&err)
+func (r *ResultSet) ScanKey(dest interface{}) error {
+	runlock, err := r.makeReady()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (r *ResultSet) ScanKey(dest interface{}) (err error) {
 
 // ID returns the ID of the most recent result.
 func (r *ResultSet) ID() (string, error) {
-	runlock, err := r.makeReady(nil)
+	runlock, err := r.makeReady()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (r *ResultSet) ID() (string, error) {
 // as those from views) include revision IDs, so this will return an empty
 // string in such cases.
 func (r *ResultSet) Rev() (string, error) {
-	runlock, err := r.makeReady(nil)
+	runlock, err := r.makeReady()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func (r *ResultSet) Rev() (string, error) {
 // Key returns the Key of the most recent result as a raw JSON string. For
 // compound keys, [ResultSet.ScanKey] may be more convenient.
 func (r *ResultSet) Key() (string, error) {
-	runlock, err := r.makeReady(nil)
+	runlock, err := r.makeReady()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (r *ResultSet) Key() (string, error) {
 // Attachments returns an attachments iterator if the document includes
 // attachments.
 func (r *ResultSet) Attachments() (*AttachmentsIterator, error) {
-	runlock, err := r.makeReady(nil)
+	runlock, err := r.makeReady()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func (r *ResultSet) Attachments() (*AttachmentsIterator, error) {
 
 // makeReady ensures that the iterator is ready to be read from. If i.err is
 // set, it is returned.
-func (r *ResultSet) makeReady(_ *error) (unlock func(), err error) {
+func (r *ResultSet) makeReady() (unlock func(), err error) {
 	r.mu.Lock()
 	if r.err != nil {
 		r.mu.Unlock()