diff --git a/pkg/snapshot/snapshot_test.go b/pkg/snapshot/snapshot_test.go
index 4cf698c52..67b70b9c5 100644
--- a/pkg/snapshot/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/pkg/snapshot/snapshot_test.go
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ func TestSnapshotOmitsUnameGname(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	tarPath, err := snapshotter.TakeSnapshotFS()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
 	f, err := os.Open(tarPath)
 	if err != nil {