diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go b/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go
index 732136c8c..7ab2b1470 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (c *CiscoTelemetryMDT) acceptTCPClients() {
 		c.wg.Add(1)
 		go func() {
 			c.Log.Debugf("Accepted Cisco MDT TCP dialout connection from %s", conn.RemoteAddr())
-			if err := c.handleTCPClient(conn); err != nil {
+			if c.handleTCPClient(conn) != nil {
 				c.acc.AddError(err)
 			}
 			c.Log.Debugf("Closed Cisco MDT TCP dialout connection from %s", conn.RemoteAddr())