diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/broker.go b/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/broker.go
index b617bae61102..e060eedb85e6 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/broker.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/broker.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ var batchPool = sync.Pool{
 }
 
 func newBatch(queue *broker, start, count int) *batch {
-	batch := batchPool.Get().(*batch)
+	batch := batchPool.Get().(*batch) //nolint: errcheck // we want this to panic if there's an error
 	batch.next = nil
 	batch.queue = queue
 	batch.start = start