diff --git a/internal/consumergroupoffsets/consumer-group-offset-operation.go b/internal/consumergroupoffsets/consumer-group-offset-operation.go
index 749bfac..94bfff5 100644
--- a/internal/consumergroupoffsets/consumer-group-offset-operation.go
+++ b/internal/consumergroupoffsets/consumer-group-offset-operation.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type ConsumerGroupOffsetOperation struct {
 
 func (operation *ConsumerGroupOffsetOperation) ResetConsumerGroupOffset(flags ResetConsumerGroupOffsetFlags, groupName string) error {
 
-	if (flags.Topic == nil || len(flags.Topic) == 0) && (!flags.AllTopics) {
+	if (len(flags.Topic) == 0) && (!flags.AllTopics) {
 		return errors.New("no topic specified")
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/producer/producer-operation.go b/internal/producer/producer-operation.go
index ee0163a..a514c1d 100644
--- a/internal/producer/producer-operation.go
+++ b/internal/producer/producer-operation.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func (operation *Operation) Produce(topic string, flags Flags) error {
 			}
 
 			if inputMessage, err = inputParser.ParseLine(line); err != nil {
-				return failWithMessageCount(messageCount, err.Error())
+				return failWithMessageCount(messageCount, err.Error()) //nolint:govet
 			}
 
 			messageCount++