diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/sandbox_test.go b/go/vt/vtgate/sandbox_test.go
index d918f4d3cb..d76b42edeb 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/sandbox_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/sandbox_test.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func sandboxDialer(context interface{}, endPoint topo.EndPoint, keyspace, shard
 	return tconn, nil
 }
 
-func mapTestConn(shard string, conn TabletConn) {
+func mapTestConn(shard string, conn tabletconn.TabletConn) {
 	uid, err := getUidForShard(shard)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/vtgate.go b/go/vt/vtgate/vtgate.go
index d142c1055f..49034d6145 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/vtgate.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/vtgate.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	log "github.com/golang/glog"
 	mproto "github.com/youtube/vitess/go/mysql/proto"
+	"github.com/youtube/vitess/go/vt/key"
 	"github.com/youtube/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/proto"
 )
 
@@ -116,13 +117,13 @@ func (vtg *VTGate) mapKrToShardsForStreaming(streamQuery *proto.StreamQueryKeyRa
 // and one shard since it cannot merge-sort the results to guarantee ordering of
 // response which is needed for checkpointing. The api supports supplying multiple keyranges
 // to make it future proof.
-func (vtg *VTGate) StreamExecuteKeyRange(context *rpcproto.Context, streamQuery *proto.StreamQueryKeyRange, sendReply func(*proto.QueryResult) error) error {
+func (vtg *VTGate) StreamExecuteKeyRange(context interface{}, streamQuery *proto.StreamQueryKeyRange, sendReply func(*proto.QueryResult) error) error {
 	shards, err := vtg.mapKrToShardsForStreaming(streamQuery)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err := vtg.scatterConn.StreamExecute(
+	err = vtg.scatterConn.StreamExecute(
 		context,
 		streamQuery.Sql,
 		streamQuery.BindVariables,
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/vtgate_test.go b/go/vt/vtgate/vtgate_test.go
index 79af2d9877..9b0a96ded9 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/vtgate_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/vtgate_test.go
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ func TestVTGateStreamExecuteKeyRange(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test for error condition - multiple shards
 	sq.KeyRange = "10-40"
-	err = RpcVTGate.StreamExecuteKeyRange(nil, &sq, func(r interface{}) error {
-		qrs = append(qrs, r.(*proto.QueryResult))
+	err = RpcVTGate.StreamExecuteKeyRange(nil, &sq, func(r *proto.QueryResult) error {
+		qrs = append(qrs, r)
 		return nil
 	})
 	if err == nil {
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ func TestVTGateStreamExecuteKeyRange(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// Test for error condition - multiple shards, non-partial keyspace
 	sq.KeyRange = ""
-	err = RpcVTGate.StreamExecuteKeyRange(nil, &sq, func(r interface{}) error {
-		qrs = append(qrs, r.(*proto.QueryResult))
+	err = RpcVTGate.StreamExecuteKeyRange(nil, &sq, func(r *proto.QueryResult) error {
+		qrs = append(qrs, r)
 		return nil
 	})
 	if err == nil {