diff --git a/internal/util/pidlimit.go b/internal/util/pidlimit.go
index c76cdf63d..e438f0075 100644
--- a/internal/util/pidlimit.go
+++ b/internal/util/pidlimit.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func getCgroupPidsFile() (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	defer cgroup.Close()
+	defer cgroup.Close() // #nosec: error on close is not critical here
 
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(cgroup)
 	var slice string
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func GetPIDLimit() (int, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	defer f.Close()
+	defer f.Close() // #nosec: error on close is not critical here
 
 	maxPidsStr, err := bufio.NewReader(f).ReadString('\n')
 	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ func SetPIDLimit(limit int) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer f.Close()
 
 	_, err = f.WriteString(limitStr)
 	if err != nil {
+		f.Close() // #nosec: a write error will be more useful to return
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return f.Close()
 }