diff --git a/registry/storage/driver/s3-aws/s3_test.go b/registry/storage/driver/s3-aws/s3_test.go
index 8d201804..4987c52d 100644
--- a/registry/storage/driver/s3-aws/s3_test.go
+++ b/registry/storage/driver/s3-aws/s3_test.go
@@ -500,8 +500,7 @@ func TestWalk(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// create file structure matching fileset above
-	// nolint:prealloc
-	var created []string
+	created := make([]string, 0, len(fileset))
 	for _, p := range fileset {
 		err := drvr.PutContent(context.Background(), p, []byte("content "+p))
 		if err != nil {