diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 9c35c3858064..bad59a9563ae 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ issues:
     - path: fluentforwardreceiver
       linters:
         - exhaustive
-    - path: googlecloudpubsubreceiver
-      linters:
-        - exhaustive
     - path: googlecloudspannerreceiver
       linters:
         - exhaustive
diff --git a/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/receiver.go
index b3fdd5a380a7..4f9611fd2d1a 100644
--- a/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ func (receiver *pubsubReceiver) createReceiverHandler(ctx context.Context) error
 				}
 			case rawTextLog:
 				return receiver.handleLogStrings(ctx, message)
+			case unknown:
+				return errors.New("unknown encoding")
 			}
 			return errors.New("unknown encoding")
 		})