diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 5f33d6183..4b5d373d1 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ linters:
         - -ST1022
         # Disable quickfix checks
         - -QF*
+        # Disabled because its dataflow analysis (new in staticcheck
+        # 0.8.0) makes linting large packages more than 10x slower,
+        # which takes the CI lint job past its timeout, and it
+        # produces false positives (eg on operations.Delete).
+        - -SA4023
     gocritic:
       # With gocritic there are different settings, but since enabled-checks
       # and disabled-checks cannot both be set, for full customization the
diff --git a/fs/log/log.go b/fs/log/log.go
index 8f1896633..2de359e05 100644
--- a/fs/log/log.go
+++ b/fs/log/log.go
@@ -291,8 +291,7 @@ func InitLogging() {
 
 	// Windows event logging
 	if Opt.WindowsEventLogLevel != fs.LogLevelOff {
-		err := startWindowsEventLog(Handler)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := startWindowsEventLog(Handler); err != nil {
 			fs.Fatalf(nil, "Failed to start windows event log: %v", err)
 		}
 	}