diff --git a/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go b/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go
index 1c2b04bf82..c4ef927234 100644
--- a/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package influxdb
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	uurl "net/url"
 	"time"
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ func InfluxDBWithTags(r metrics.Registry, d time.Duration, url, database, userna
 func InfluxDBWithTagsOnce(r metrics.Registry, url, database, username, password, namespace string, tags map[string]string) error {
 	u, err := uurl.Parse(url)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to parse InfluxDB. url: %s, err: %v", url, err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse InfluxDB. url: %s, err: %v", url, err)
 	}
 
 	rep := &reporter{
@@ -77,11 +76,11 @@ func InfluxDBWithTagsOnce(r metrics.Registry, url, database, username, password,
 		cache:     make(map[string]int64),
 	}
 	if err := rep.makeClient(); err != nil {
-		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to make InfluxDB client. err: %v", err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to make InfluxDB client. err: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := rep.send(); err != nil {
-		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to send to InfluxDB. err: %v", err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to send to InfluxDB. err: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil