diff --git a/cns/middlewares/k8sSwiftV2.go b/cns/middlewares/k8sSwiftV2.go
index b70a0c5e94..9c2fb8b83a 100644
--- a/cns/middlewares/k8sSwiftV2.go
+++ b/cns/middlewares/k8sSwiftV2.go
@@ -239,7 +239,10 @@ func (k *K8sSWIFTv2Middleware) AddRoutes(cidrs []string, gatewayIP string) []cns
 }
 
 // Both Linux and Windows CNS gets infravnet and service CIDRs from configuration env
-func (k *K8sSWIFTv2Middleware) GetCidrs() (v4Cidrs, v6Cidrs []string, err error) {
+func (k *K8sSWIFTv2Middleware) GetCidrs() ([]string, []string, error) { //nolint
+	v4Cidrs := []string{}
+	v6Cidrs := []string{}
+
 	// Get and parse infraVNETCIDRs from env
 	infraVNETCIDRs, err := configuration.InfraVNETCIDRs()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cns/middlewares/k8sSwiftV2_linux.go b/cns/middlewares/k8sSwiftV2_linux.go
index 973a79d37c..6fdf116bf6 100644
--- a/cns/middlewares/k8sSwiftV2_linux.go
+++ b/cns/middlewares/k8sSwiftV2_linux.go
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ func (k *K8sSWIFTv2Middleware) setRoutes(podIPInfo *cns.PodIpInfo) error {
 // Linux CNS gets pod CIDRs from configuration env
 // Containerd reassigns the IP to the adapter and kernel configures the pod cidr route by default on Windows VM
 // Hence the windows swiftv2 scenario does not require pod cidr
-func (k *K8sSWIFTv2Middleware) GetPodCidrs() (v4PodCidrs, v6PodCidrs []string, err error) {
+func (k *K8sSWIFTv2Middleware) GetPodCidrs() ([]string, []string, error) { //nolint
+	v4PodCidrs := []string{}
+	v6PodCidrs := []string{}
+
 	// Get and parse podCIDRs from env
 	podCIDRs, err := configuration.PodCIDRs()
 	if err != nil {