diff --git a/go/vt/vtadmin/cache/cache_test.go b/go/vt/vtadmin/cache/cache_test.go
index 4fe28b38f2f..ff0f62421c7 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtadmin/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtadmin/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ func TestBackfillQueueSize(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()