diff --git a/pkg/gui/staging_panel.go b/pkg/gui/staging_panel.go
index f30aadd6a..69a005688 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/staging_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/staging_panel.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshStagingPanel(forceSecondaryFocused bool, selectedLineIdx
 
 	// if we were ignoring whitespace, stop doing that so that
 	// line-by-line diffs work as expected
-	gui.setIgnoreWhitespaceFlag(false)
+	_ = gui.setIgnoreWhitespaceFlag(false)
 
 	// note for custom diffs, we'll need to send a flag here saying not to use the custom diff
 	diff := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiff(file, true, secondaryFocused, gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)