diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
index 7e6fa2f12bc..67caedc39e8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) setNodeStatus(node *v1.Node) {
 	for i, f := range kl.setNodeStatusFuncs {
 		klog.V(5).Infof("Setting node status at position %v", i)
 		if err := f(node); err != nil {
-			klog.Warningf("Failed to set some node status fields: %s", err)
+			klog.Errorf("Failed to set some node status fields: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/nodestatus/setters.go b/pkg/kubelet/nodestatus/setters.go
index 8d1be2f94fd..a5db1e7ca62 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/nodestatus/setters.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/nodestatus/setters.go
@@ -376,8 +376,6 @@ func VersionInfo(versionInfoFunc func() (*cadvisorapiv1.VersionInfo, error), //
 	return func(node *v1.Node) error {
 		verinfo, err := versionInfoFunc()
 		if err != nil {
-			// TODO(mtaufen): consider removing this log line, since returned error will be logged
-			klog.Errorf("Error getting version info: %v", err)
 			return fmt.Errorf("error getting version info: %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -416,8 +414,6 @@ func Images(nodeStatusMaxImages int32,
 		var imagesOnNode []v1.ContainerImage
 		containerImages, err := imageListFunc()
 		if err != nil {
-			// TODO(mtaufen): consider removing this log line, since returned error will be logged
-			klog.Errorf("Error getting image list: %v", err)
 			node.Status.Images = imagesOnNode
 			return fmt.Errorf("error getting image list: %v", err)
 		}