diff --git a/pkg/action/hooks.go b/pkg/action/hooks.go
index 370aa9a67..ebe8be6ba 100644
--- a/pkg/action/hooks.go
+++ b/pkg/action/hooks.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (cfg *Configuration) execHook(rl *release.Release, hook release.HookEvent,
 			}
 			// If a hook is failed, check the annotation of the hook to determine whether the hook should be deleted
 			// under failed condition. If so, then clear the corresponding resource object in the hook
-			if errDeleting := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookFailed, timeout); err != nil {
+			if errDeleting := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookFailed, timeout); errDeleting != nil {
 				// We log the error here as we want to propagate the hook failure upwards to the release object.
 				log.Printf("error the hook resource on hook failure: %v", errDeleting)
 			}