diff --git a/pkg/cri/config/config.go b/pkg/cri/config/config.go
index 7f0403c30..ad16bbe20 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/config/config.go
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func ValidatePluginConfig(ctx context.Context, c *PluginConfig) error {
 	// Validation for drain_exec_sync_io_timeout
 	if c.DrainExecSyncIOTimeout != "" {
 		if _, err := time.ParseDuration(c.DrainExecSyncIOTimeout); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid drain exec sync io timeout: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid `drain_exec_sync_io_timeout`: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/cri/config/config_test.go b/pkg/cri/config/config_test.go
index 620d4906c..4c2a80419 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/config/config_test.go
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func TestValidateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				DrainExecSyncIOTimeout: "10",
 			},
-			expectedErr: "invalid drain exec sync io timeout: time: missing unit in duration \"10\"",
+			expectedErr: "invalid `drain_exec_sync_io_timeout`",
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(desc, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/cri/sbserver/container_execsync.go b/pkg/cri/sbserver/container_execsync.go
index cd67037ac..3e4090f3e 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/sbserver/container_execsync.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/sbserver/container_execsync.go
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ func drainExecSyncIO(ctx context.Context, execProcess containerd.Process, drainE
 
 	select {
 	case <-timerCh:
-
 	case <-attachDone:
 		log.G(ctx).Debugf("Stream pipe for exec process %q done", execProcess.ID())
 		return nil
diff --git a/pkg/cri/server/container_execsync.go b/pkg/cri/server/container_execsync.go
index 63ba72512..23885471e 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/server/container_execsync.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/server/container_execsync.go
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ func drainExecSyncIO(ctx context.Context, execProcess containerd.Process, drainE
 
 	select {
 	case <-timerCh:
-
 	case <-attachDone:
 		log.G(ctx).Debugf("Stream pipe for exec process %q done", execProcess.ID())
 		return nil