diff --git a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_traces.go b/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_traces.go
index b4ec68b86197..b480ce3f7d36 100644
--- a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_traces.go
+++ b/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_traces.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (fsp *filterSpanProcessor) shouldRemoveSpan(span pdata.Span, resource pdata
 	}
 
 	if fsp.exclude != nil {
-		if e := fsp.exclude.MatchSpan(span, resource, library); e {
+		if fsp.exclude.MatchSpan(span, resource, library) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}