diff --git a/src/pkg/net/parse_test.go b/src/pkg/net/parse_test.go
index d011c00763..f53df3b683 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/parse_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/parse_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ func TestReadLine(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	br := bufio.NewReader(fd)
 
-	var file *file
-	file, err = open(filename)
+	file, err := open(filename)
 	if file == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("net.open(%s) = nil", filename)
 	}