diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index b01f89405..557263f8f 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ linters:
         text: 'SA1019: linodego\.(DomainsPagedResponse|DomainRecordsPagedResponse) is deprecated'
         linters:
           - staticcheck
+      - path: log/logger.go
+        linters:
+          - gochecknoinits
 
 issues:
   max-issues-per-linter: 0