diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 3f7fa9daa..340406a4d 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ func NewConfig() *Config {
 
 // Validate checks a Config instance. It will return a
 // ConfigurationError if the specified values don't make sense.
+//
+//nolint:gocyclo // This function's cyclomatic complexity has go beyond 100
 func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 	// some configuration values should be warned on but not fail completely, do those first
 	if !c.Net.TLS.Enable && c.Net.TLS.Config != nil {