diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 55f81f0e51..8c82d7e794 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ pkg/apis/events
 pkg/apis/events/v1beta1
 pkg/apis/extensions
 pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1
-pkg/apis/extensions/validation
 pkg/apis/imagepolicy
 pkg/apis/imagepolicy/v1alpha1
 pkg/apis/networking
diff --git a/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation.go
index 0ada34ce60..8c848a1489 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/extensions/validation/validation.go
@@ -162,10 +162,9 @@ func validateIngressBackend(backend *extensions.IngressBackend, fldPath *field.P
 	// All backends must reference a single local service by name, and a single service port by name or number.
 	if len(backend.ServiceName) == 0 {
 		return append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath.Child("serviceName"), ""))
-	} else {
-		for _, msg := range apivalidation.ValidateServiceName(backend.ServiceName, false) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("serviceName"), backend.ServiceName, msg))
-		}
+	}
+	for _, msg := range apivalidation.ValidateServiceName(backend.ServiceName, false) {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("serviceName"), backend.ServiceName, msg))
 	}
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidatePortNumOrName(backend.ServicePort, fldPath.Child("servicePort"))...)
 	return allErrs