diff --git a/mantle/kola/tests/rpmostree/deployments.go b/mantle/kola/tests/rpmostree/deployments.go
index 110ee705d2..dd627d7ff3 100644
--- a/mantle/kola/tests/rpmostree/deployments.go
+++ b/mantle/kola/tests/rpmostree/deployments.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func init() {
 		Run:         rpmOstreeInstallUninstall,
 		ClusterSize: 1,
 		Name:        "rpmostree.install-uninstall",
-		Description: "Verifies rpm-ostree supports installing and uninstalling rpms.",
+		Description: "Verify rpm-ostree supports installing and uninstalling rpms.",
 		Tags:        []string{"rpm-ostree", kola.NeedsInternetTag}, // these need network to retrieve bits
 		// this Ignition config lands the dummy RPM
 		UserData: conf.Ignition(`{
diff --git a/mantle/platform/api/gcloud/compute.go b/mantle/platform/api/gcloud/compute.go
index 7d763d2b27..16e470959c 100644
--- a/mantle/platform/api/gcloud/compute.go
+++ b/mantle/platform/api/gcloud/compute.go
@@ -163,15 +163,13 @@ func (a *API) mkinstance(userdata, name string, keys []*agent.Key, opts platform
 		}
 	}
 	// attach aditional disk
-	if len(opts.AdditionalDisks) > 0 {
-		for _, spec := range opts.AdditionalDisks {
-			plog.Debugf("Parsing disk spec %q\n", spec)
-			disk, err := ParseDiskSpec(spec, a.options.Zone)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse spec %s: %w", spec, err)
-			}
-			instance.Disks = append(instance.Disks, disk)
+	for _, spec := range opts.AdditionalDisks {
+		plog.Debugf("Parsing disk spec %q\n", spec)
+		disk, err := ParseDiskSpec(spec, a.options.Zone)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse spec %s: %w", spec, err)
 		}
+		instance.Disks = append(instance.Disks, disk)
 	}
 	return instance, nil
 }