diff --git a/lint.go b/lint.go
index f60106c..0305e8a 100644
--- a/lint.go
+++ b/lint.go
@@ -1310,6 +1310,9 @@
 		if len(ret) <= 1 {
 			return true
 		}
+		if isIdent(ret[len(ret)-1].Type, "error") {
+			return true
+		}
 		// An error return parameter should be the last parameter.
 		// Flag any error parameters found before the last.
 		for _, r := range ret[:len(ret)-1] {
diff --git a/testdata/error-return.go b/testdata/error-return.go
index 446a64c..520e8b2 100644
--- a/testdata/error-return.go
+++ b/testdata/error-return.go
@@ -41,3 +41,13 @@
 func m() (x int, err error, y int) { // MATCH /error should be the last type/
 	return 0, nil, 0
 }
+
+// Check for multiple error returns but with errors at the end.
+func n() (int, error, error) { // OK
+	return 0, nil, nil
+}
+
+// Check for multiple error returns mixed in order, but keeping one error at last position.
+func o() (int, error, int, error) { // OK
+	return 0, nil, 0, nil
+}