diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index d40c7224e2d..b9022d331ca 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -490,9 +490,13 @@ func addFileToIgnoreFile(gitIgnoreFile, filename string, fs filesystem.Filesyste
 // DisplayLog displays logs to user stdout with some color formatting
 // numberOfLastLines limits the number of lines from the output when we are not following it
 // TODO(feloy) sync with devfile library?
-func DisplayLog(followLog bool, rd io.ReadCloser, writer io.Writer, compName string, numberOfLastLines int) (err error) {
+func DisplayLog(followLog bool, rd io.ReadCloser, writer io.Writer, compName string, numberOfLastLines int) error {
 
-	defer rd.Close()
+	defer func() {
+		if err := rd.Close(); err != nil {
+			klog.V(4).Infof("err occurred while closing resource: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	// Copy to stdout (in yellow)
 	color.Set(color.FgYellow)
@@ -510,14 +514,14 @@ func DisplayLog(followLog bool, rd io.ReadCloser, writer io.Writer, compName str
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}()
 
-		if _, err = io.Copy(writer, rd); err != nil {
+		if _, err := io.Copy(writer, rd); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error followLoging logs for %s: %w", compName, err)
 		}
 
 	} else if numberOfLastLines == -1 {
 		// Copy to buffer (we aren't going to be followLoging the logs..)
 		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-		_, err = io.Copy(buf, rd)
+		_, err := io.Copy(buf, rd)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy followLog to buffer: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -554,7 +558,7 @@ func DisplayLog(followLog bool, rd io.ReadCloser, writer io.Writer, compName str
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return
+	return nil
 
 }