diff --git a/snapshots/native/native.go b/snapshots/native/native.go
index 0b9c3befc..5532ea66d 100644
--- a/snapshots/native/native.go
+++ b/snapshots/native/native.go
@@ -241,9 +241,8 @@ func (o *snapshotter) Walk(ctx context.Context, fn func(context.Context, snapsho
 	return storage.WalkInfo(ctx, fn)
 }
 
-func (o *snapshotter) createSnapshot(ctx context.Context, kind snapshots.Kind, key, parent string, opts []snapshots.Opt) ([]mount.Mount, error) {
+func (o *snapshotter) createSnapshot(ctx context.Context, kind snapshots.Kind, key, parent string, opts []snapshots.Opt) (_ []mount.Mount, err error) {
 	var (
-		err      error
 		path, td string
 	)
 
diff --git a/snapshots/overlay/overlay.go b/snapshots/overlay/overlay.go
index 4a183ffb0..9ad82c7f3 100644
--- a/snapshots/overlay/overlay.go
+++ b/snapshots/overlay/overlay.go
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func (o *snapshotter) getCleanupDirectories(ctx context.Context, t storage.Trans
 	return cleanup, nil
 }
 
-func (o *snapshotter) createSnapshot(ctx context.Context, kind snapshots.Kind, key, parent string, opts []snapshots.Opt) ([]mount.Mount, error) {
+func (o *snapshotter) createSnapshot(ctx context.Context, kind snapshots.Kind, key, parent string, opts []snapshots.Opt) (_ []mount.Mount, err error) {
 	ctx, t, err := o.ms.TransactionContext(ctx, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err