diff --git a/cli/recipe/release.go b/cli/recipe/release.go
index e266eb59f..2b29ee423 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/release.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/release.go
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ or a rollback of an app.
 		}
 
 		if tagstring != "" {
-			_, err := tagcmp.Parse(tagstring)
-			if err != nil {
+			if _, err := tagcmp.Parse(tagstring); err != nil {
 				logrus.Fatal("invalid tag specified")
 			}
 		}