diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9eaf5fb603b..81c3e2161e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
+## 1.28.1
+* Bug - Fixed a bug where docker volume deletion resulted in nullpointer [#2059](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/2059)
+
 ## 1.28.0
 * Feature - Introduce high density awsvpc tasks support
 * Enhancement - Introduce `ECS_CGROUP_CPU_PERIOD` to make cgroup cpu period configurable [@boynux](https://github.com/boynux) [#1941](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/1941)
diff --git a/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client.go b/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client.go
index bfa151c88e2..9dbb2366fcd 100644
--- a/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client.go
+++ b/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client.go
@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@ func (dg *dockerGoClient) handleContainerEvents(ctx context.Context,
 		metadata := dg.containerMetadata(ctx, containerID)
 
 		changedContainers <- DockerContainerChangeEvent{
-			Status:                  status,
-			Type:                    eventType,
+			Status: status,
+			Type:   eventType,
 			DockerContainerMetadata: metadata,
 		}
 	}
@@ -1209,8 +1209,8 @@ func (dg *dockerGoClient) removeVolume(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 		return &CannotGetDockerClientError{version: dg.version, err: err}
 	}
 
-	ok := client.VolumeRemove(ctx, name, false)
-	if ok != nil {
+	err = client.VolumeRemove(ctx, name, false)
+	if err != nil {
 		return &CannotRemoveVolumeError{err}
 	}
 
diff --git a/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client_test.go b/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client_test.go
index 116cec1283c..080375bec86 100644
--- a/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client_test.go
+++ b/agent/dockerclient/dockerapi/docker_client_test.go
@@ -1624,6 +1624,7 @@ func TestRemoveVolumeError(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cancel()
 	err := client.RemoveVolume(ctx, "name", dockerclient.RemoveVolumeTimeout)
 	assert.Equal(t, "CannotRemoveVolumeError", err.(apierrors.NamedError).ErrorName())
+	assert.NotNil(t, err.Error(), "Nested error cannot be nil")
 }
 
 func TestRemoveVolume(t *testing.T) {