diff --git a/web/web_test.go b/web/web_test.go
index cc33e1e8e..8f6be1015 100644
--- a/web/web_test.go
+++ b/web/web_test.go
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func TestHTTPMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 func TestShutdownWithStaleConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	dbDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tsdb-ready")
 	testutil.Ok(t, err)
-	defer testutil.Ok(t, os.RemoveAll(dbDir))
+	defer func() { testutil.Ok(t, os.RemoveAll(dbDir)) }()
 
 	db, err := tsdb.Open(dbDir, nil, nil, nil)
 	testutil.Ok(t, err)