diff --git a/cmd/vet/shadow.go b/cmd/vet/shadow.go
index c2cb217a..932ba621 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/shadow.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/shadow.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func checkShadowing(f *File, ident *ast.Ident) {
 	}
 	// obj.Parent.Parent is the surrounding scope. If we can find another declaration
 	// starting from there, we have a shadowed variable.
-	shadowed := obj.Parent().Parent().LookupParent(obj.Name())
+	_, shadowed := obj.Parent().Parent().LookupParent(obj.Name())
 	if shadowed == nil {
 		return
 	}