diff --git a/integrations/kube-agent-updater/cmd/teleport-kube-agent-updater/main.go b/integrations/kube-agent-updater/cmd/teleport-kube-agent-updater/main.go
index fdd6a3e5ed691..95bead5b3e92c 100644
--- a/integrations/kube-agent-updater/cmd/teleport-kube-agent-updater/main.go
+++ b/integrations/kube-agent-updater/cmd/teleport-kube-agent-updater/main.go
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Now that we parsed the flags, we can tune the log level.
 	var lvl slog.Level
-	err = (&lvl).UnmarshalText([]byte(logLevel))
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := (&lvl).UnmarshalText([]byte(logLevel)); err != nil {
 		ctrl.Log.Error(err, "Failed to parse log level", "level", logLevel)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/integrations/operator/main.go b/integrations/operator/main.go
index ae9c9ac6e995e..391a57ce46cb6 100644
--- a/integrations/operator/main.go
+++ b/integrations/operator/main.go
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Now that we parsed the flags, we can tune the log level.
 	var logLevel slog.Level
-	err = (&logLevel).UnmarshalText([]byte(config.logLevel))
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := (&logLevel).UnmarshalText([]byte(config.logLevel)); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "Failed to parse log level", "level", config.logLevel)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}