@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (s *DockerAPISuite) TestGetContainerStats(c *testing.T) {

 		c.Fatal("stream was not closed after container was removed")

 	case sr := <-bc:

 		dec := json.NewDecoder(sr.stats.Body)

-		var s *container.StatsResponse

+		var s container.StatsResponse

 		// decode only one object from the stream

 		err := dec.Decode(&s)

 		_ = sr.stats.Body.Close()

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ func (s *DockerAPISuite) TestAPIStatsNoStreamGetCpu(c *testing.T) {

 	assert.Equal(c, resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"), "application/json")

 	assert.Equal(c, resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"), "application/json")

-	var v *container.StatsResponse

+	var v container.StatsResponse

 	err = json.NewDecoder(body).Decode(&v)

 	assert.NilError(c, err)

-	body.Close()

+	_ = body.Close()

 	cpuPercent := 0.0

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (s *DockerAPISuite) TestAPIStatsStoppedContainerInGoroutines(c *testing.T)

 		info := system.Info{}

 		err = json.NewDecoder(body).Decode(&info)

 		assert.NilError(c, err)

-		body.Close()

+		_ = body.Close()

 		return info.NGoroutines

 	}

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (s *DockerAPISuite) TestAPIStatsStoppedContainerInGoroutines(c *testing.T)

 	routines := getGoRoutines()

 	_, body, err := request.Get(testutil.GetContext(c), "/containers/"+id+"/stats")

 	assert.NilError(c, err)

-	body.Close()

+	_ = body.Close()

 	t := time.After(30 * time.Second)

 	for {

@@ -167,14 +167,13 @@ func (s *DockerAPISuite) TestAPIStatsNetworkStats(c *testing.T) {

 }

 func getNetworkStats(t *testing.T, id string) map[string]container.NetworkStats {

-	var st *container.StatsResponse

-

 	_, body, err := request.Get(testutil.GetContext(t), "/containers/"+id+"/stats?stream=false")

 	assert.NilError(t, err)

+	var st container.StatsResponse

 	err = json.NewDecoder(body).Decode(&st)

 	assert.NilError(t, err)

-	body.Close()

+	_ = body.Close()

 	return st.Networks

 }

@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ func (s *DockerCLIUpdateSuite) TestUpdateStats(c *testing.T) {

 		assert.NilError(c, err)

 		assert.Equal(c, resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"), "application/json")

-		var v *container.StatsResponse

+		var v container.StatsResponse

 		err = json.NewDecoder(body).Decode(&v)

 		assert.NilError(c, err)

-		body.Close()

+		_ = body.Close()

 		return v.MemoryStats.Limit

 	}