diff --git a/controllers/istio/istio_controller.go b/controllers/istio/istio_controller.go
index 3a0a52717..04ed53879 100644
--- a/controllers/istio/istio_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/istio/istio_controller.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) doReconcile(ctx context.Context, istio *v1.Istio) (result c
 		return revision.PruneInactive(ctx, r.Client, istio.UID, getActiveRevisionName(istio), getPruningGracePeriod(istio))
 	}
 
-	return
+	return result, err
 }
 
 func managesExternalRevision(istio *v1.Istio) bool {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/util/cleaner/cleaner.go b/tests/e2e/util/cleaner/cleaner.go
index 6684a3dfd..ed19a87bf 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/util/cleaner/cleaner.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/util/cleaner/cleaner.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (c *Cleaner) cleanup(ctx context.Context) (deleted []client.Object) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	return
+	return deleted
 }
 
 func mapHasKey[K comparable, V any](m map[K]V, k K) bool {