diff --git a/state/aerospike/aerospike.go b/state/aerospike/aerospike.go
index 6c787815d7..cad432e587 100644
--- a/state/aerospike/aerospike.go
+++ b/state/aerospike/aerospike.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ const (
 var (
 	errMissingHosts = errors.New("aerospike: value for 'hosts' missing")
 	errInvalidHosts = errors.New("aerospike: invalid value for hosts")
-	errInvalidETag  = errors.New("aerospike: invalid ETag value")
 )
 
 // Aerospike is a state store
diff --git a/state/redis/redis.go b/state/redis/redis.go
index 1eae6d4e19..b0a0c08122 100644
--- a/state/redis/redis.go
+++ b/state/redis/redis.go
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ func (r *StateStore) setValue(req *state.SetRequest) error {
 		if req.ETag != "" {
 			return state.NewETagError(state.ETagMismatch, err)
 		}
+
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set key %s: %s", req.Key, err)
 	}