Nil check is special in that it has no use but we must keep it.
Count it as a use of the auto.

Fixes #27278.

Change-Id: I857c3d0db2ebdca1bc342b4993c0dac5c01e067f
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/131955
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