diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/dualwriter.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/dualwriter.go
index d35c66b4f16..3a9f5a05570 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/dualwriter.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/dualwriter.go
@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ func (r *DualReadWriter) getChildren(ctx context.Context, folderPath string, tre
 		}
 	}
 
-	var parsedResources []*ParsedResource
-	for _, entry := range resourcesInFolder {
+	parsedResources := make([]*ParsedResource, len(resourcesInFolder))
+	for i, entry := range resourcesInFolder {
 		fileInfo, err := r.repo.Read(ctx, entry.Path, "")
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find resource in repository: %w", err)
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func (r *DualReadWriter) getChildren(ctx context.Context, folderPath string, tre
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse resource: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		parsedResources = append(parsedResources, parsed)
+		parsedResources[i] = parsed
 	}
 
 	return parsedResources, foldersInFolder, nil
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/provisioning_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/provisioning_test.go
index b00501bdd2b..db5eeb2ce2b 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/provisioning_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/provisioning_test.go
@@ -707,8 +707,6 @@ func TestIntegrationProvisioning_DeleteResources(t *testing.T) {
 		Do(ctx)
 	require.NoError(t, result.Error())
 
-	helper.SyncAndWait(t, repo, nil)
-
 	dashboards, err := helper.DashboardsV1.Resource.List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 3, len(dashboards.Items))
@@ -741,6 +739,7 @@ func TestIntegrationProvisioning_DeleteResources(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
+		// nolint:errcheck
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)