diff --git a/pkg/golinters/scopelint.go b/pkg/golinters/scopelint.go
index c929e1540f8e..258912e0b774 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/scopelint.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/scopelint.go
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ func (f *Node) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
 // The variadic arguments may start with link and category types,
 // and must end with a format string and any arguments.
 // It returns the new Problem.
+//nolint:interfacer
 func (f *Node) errorf(n ast.Node, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	pos := f.fset.Position(n.Pos())
 	f.errorAtf(pos, format, args...)
diff --git a/pkg/result/processors/nolint.go b/pkg/result/processors/nolint.go
index 9b292eda32ff..bbe85bd349d0 100644
--- a/pkg/result/processors/nolint.go
+++ b/pkg/result/processors/nolint.go
@@ -161,14 +161,16 @@ func (p *Nolint) shouldPassIssue(i *result.Issue) (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
+	matchesSomething := false
 	for _, ir := range fd.ignoredRanges {
 		if ir.doesMatch(i) {
+			// for nolintlint, we need to consider every range
 			ir.matchedIssueFromLinter[i.FromLinter] = true
-			return false, nil
+			matchesSomething = true
 		}
 	}
 
-	return true, nil
+	return !matchesSomething, nil
 }
 
 type rangeExpander struct {