diff --git a/nogo_config.json b/nogo_config.json
index 4439b57a8fb1..ee4e3581db61 100644
--- a/nogo_config.json
+++ b/nogo_config.json
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@
       "tests/network/": "tests/network/ pkg does not pass errcheck yet",
       "tests/reporter/": "tests/reporter pkg does not pass errcheck yet",
       "tests/storage/": "tests/storage/ pkg does not pass errcheck yet",
-      "tests/virtctl/": "tests/virtctl/ pkg does not pass errcheck yet",
       "tests/canary_upgrade_test.go": "canary_upgrade_test does not pass errcheck yet",
       "tests/infra_test.go": "infra_test.go does not pass errcheck yet",
       "tests/kubectl_test.go": "kubectl_test does not pass errcheck yet",
diff --git a/tests/virtctl/BUILD.bazel b/tests/virtctl/BUILD.bazel
index ed06125aee74..71fd1ad103cf 100644
--- a/tests/virtctl/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tests/virtctl/BUILD.bazel
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ go_library(
         "//tests:go_default_library",
         "//tests/clientcmd:go_default_library",
         "//tests/console:go_default_library",
+        "//tests/errorhandling:go_default_library",
         "//tests/libvmi:go_default_library",
         "//tests/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2:go_default_library",
diff --git a/tests/virtctl/key.go b/tests/virtctl/key.go
index 7dffbbb979b2..1d8f53a74207 100644
--- a/tests/virtctl/key.go
+++ b/tests/virtctl/key.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+
+	"kubevirt.io/kubevirt/tests/errorhandling"
 )
 
 func NewKeyPair() (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, ssh.PublicKey, error) {
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ func DumpPrivateKey(privateKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey, file string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer f.Close()
+	defer errorhandling.SafelyCloseFile(f)
 	if err = pem.Encode(f, privateKeyBlock); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error when encode private pem: %s", err)