diff --git a/lib/httpserver/httpserver.go b/lib/httpserver/httpserver.go
index cacdaeb587..31a07aa9ab 100644
--- a/lib/httpserver/httpserver.go
+++ b/lib/httpserver/httpserver.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func Stop(addr string) error {
 }
 
 func gzipHandler(rh RequestHandler) http.HandlerFunc {
-	hf := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w = maybeGzipResponseWriter(w, r)
 		handlerWrapper(w, r, rh)
 		if zrw, ok := w.(*gzipResponseWriter); ok {
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ func gzipHandler(rh RequestHandler) http.HandlerFunc {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return http.HandlerFunc(hf)
 }
 
 var metricsHandlerDuration = metrics.NewHistogram(`vm_http_request_duration_seconds{path="/metrics"}`)