diff --git a/cmd/crio/main.go b/cmd/crio/main.go
index 7def0e53..6f0930d7 100644
--- a/cmd/crio/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crio/main.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func main() {
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("invalid --cpu-profile value %q", err)
 			}
-			pprof.StartCPUProfile(f)
+			_ = pprof.StartCPUProfile(f)
 			defer pprof.StopCPUProfile()
 		}
 
diff --git a/server/container_create.go b/server/container_create.go
index c7ee28b8..99c7f814 100644
--- a/server/container_create.go
+++ b/server/container_create.go
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ func addOCIBindMounts(sb *sandbox, containerConfig *pb.ContainerConfig, specgen
 		}
 
 		if _, err := os.Stat(src); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			os.MkdirAll(src, 0644)
+			if err1 := os.MkdirAll(src, 0644); err1 != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to mkdir %s: %s", src, err)
+			}
 		}
 
 		options := []string{"rw"}
@@ -455,7 +457,7 @@ func (s *Server) createSandboxContainer(ctx context.Context, containerID string,
 		specgen.SetLinuxMountLabel(sb.mountLabel)
 
 		if containerConfig.GetLinux().GetSecurityContext() != nil &&
-			containerConfig.GetLinux().GetSecurityContext().Privileged == false {
+			!containerConfig.GetLinux().GetSecurityContext().Privileged {
 			for _, mp := range []string{
 				"/proc/kcore",
 				"/proc/latency_stats",
@@ -605,7 +607,9 @@ func (s *Server) createSandboxContainer(ctx context.Context, containerID string,
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		os.MkdirAll(fp, 0644)
+		if err1 := os.MkdirAll(fp, 0644); err1 != nil {
+			return nil, err1
+		}
 	}
 
 	processArgs, err := buildOCIProcessArgs(containerConfig, containerImageConfig)