diff --git a/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs.go b/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs.go
index 0a517f18a7..425c7b4e07 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs.go
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ func (l *logStream) collectBatch(created chan bool) {
 	ticker := newTicker(flushInterval)
 	var eventBuffer []byte
 	var eventBufferTimestamp int64
-	var batch = newEventBatch()
+	batch := newEventBatch()
 	for {
 		select {
 		case t := <-ticker.C:
@@ -691,7 +691,6 @@ func (l *logStream) publishBatch(batch *eventBatch) {
 	cwEvents := unwrapEvents(batch.events())
 
 	nextSequenceToken, err := l.putLogEvents(cwEvents, l.sequenceToken)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		if apiErr := (*types.DataAlreadyAcceptedException)(nil); errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
 			// already submitted, just grab the correct sequence token
diff --git a/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs_test.go b/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs_test.go
index b0833c1853..90bfadbb28 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs_test.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs_test.go
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ func TestCollectBatchClose(t *testing.T) {
 			NextSequenceToken: aws.String(nextSequenceToken),
 		}, nil
 	}
-	var ticks = make(chan time.Time)
+	ticks := make(chan time.Time)
 	newTicker = func(_ time.Duration) *time.Ticker {
 		return &time.Ticker{
 			C: ticks,
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ func TestCollectBatchLineSplit(t *testing.T) {
 			NextSequenceToken: aws.String(nextSequenceToken),
 		}, nil
 	}
-	var ticks = make(chan time.Time)
+	ticks := make(chan time.Time)
 	newTicker = func(_ time.Duration) *time.Ticker {
 		return &time.Ticker{
 			C: ticks,
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ func TestCollectBatchLineSplitWithBinary(t *testing.T) {
 			NextSequenceToken: aws.String(nextSequenceToken),
 		}, nil
 	}
-	var ticks = make(chan time.Time)
+	ticks := make(chan time.Time)
 	newTicker = func(_ time.Duration) *time.Ticker {
 		return &time.Ticker{
 			C: ticks,
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ func TestCollectBatchMaxEvents(t *testing.T) {
 			NextSequenceToken: aws.String(nextSequenceToken),
 		}, nil
 	}
-	var ticks = make(chan time.Time)
+	ticks := make(chan time.Time)
 	newTicker = func(_ time.Duration) *time.Ticker {
 		return &time.Ticker{
 			C: ticks,
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ func TestCollectBatchMaxTotalBytes(t *testing.T) {
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	var ticks = make(chan time.Time)
+	ticks := make(chan time.Time)
 	newTicker = func(_ time.Duration) *time.Ticker {
 		return &time.Ticker{
 			C: ticks,
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ func TestCollectBatchMaxTotalBytesWithBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	var ticks = make(chan time.Time)
+	ticks := make(chan time.Time)
 	newTicker = func(_ time.Duration) *time.Ticker {
 		return &time.Ticker{
 			C: ticks,