diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/daemon_restart.go b/test/e2e/apps/daemon_restart.go
index 1fcbda516db..2c6c1657635 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/daemon_restart.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/daemon_restart.go
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("DaemonRestart [Disruptive]", func() {
 		}
 		if len(newKeys.List()) != len(existingKeys.List()) ||
 			!newKeys.IsSuperset(existingKeys) {
-			framework.Failf("RcManager created/deleted pods after restart \n\n %+v", tracker)
+			e2elog.Failf("RcManager created/deleted pods after restart \n\n %+v", tracker)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("DaemonRestart [Disruptive]", func() {
 		postRestarts, badNodes := getContainerRestarts(f.ClientSet, ns, labelSelector)
 		if postRestarts != preRestarts {
 			framework.DumpNodeDebugInfo(f.ClientSet, badNodes, e2elog.Logf)
-			framework.Failf("Net container restart count went from %v -> %v after kubelet restart on nodes %v \n\n %+v", preRestarts, postRestarts, badNodes, tracker)
+			e2elog.Failf("Net container restart count went from %v -> %v after kubelet restart on nodes %v \n\n %+v", preRestarts, postRestarts, badNodes, tracker)
 		}
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go b/test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go
index da653324c49..2f231f83c5a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/daemon_set.go
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Daemon set [Serial]", func() {
 			case newDS.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image:
 				newPods = append(newPods, &pod)
 			default:
-				framework.Failf("unexpected pod found, image = %s", image)
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected pod found, image = %s", image)
 			}
 		}
 		schedulableNodes = framework.GetReadySchedulableNodesOrDie(c)
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ func canScheduleOnNode(node v1.Node, ds *apps.DaemonSet) bool {
 	nodeInfo.SetNode(&node)
 	fit, _, err := daemon.Predicates(newPod, nodeInfo)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Can't test DaemonSet predicates for node %s: %v", node.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Can't test DaemonSet predicates for node %s: %v", node.Name, err)
 		return false
 	}
 	return fit
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go b/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
index 9cd52901909..8be8de310a7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func stopDeployment(c clientset.Interface, ns, deploymentName string) {
 		}
 		return false, nil
 	}); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Err : %s\n. Failed to remove deployment %s pods : %+v", err, deploymentName, pods)
+		e2elog.Failf("Err : %s\n. Failed to remove deployment %s pods : %+v", err, deploymentName, pods)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -382,14 +382,14 @@ func testDeploymentCleanUpPolicy(f *framework.Framework) {
 				}
 				numPodCreation--
 				if numPodCreation < 0 {
-					framework.Failf("Expect only one pod creation, the second creation event: %#v\n", event)
+					e2elog.Failf("Expect only one pod creation, the second creation event: %#v\n", event)
 				}
 				pod, ok := event.Object.(*v1.Pod)
 				if !ok {
-					framework.Failf("Expect event Object to be a pod")
+					e2elog.Failf("Expect event Object to be a pod")
 				}
 				if pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name != RedisImageName {
-					framework.Failf("Expect the created pod to have container name %s, got pod %#v\n", RedisImageName, pod)
+					e2elog.Failf("Expect the created pod to have container name %s, got pod %#v\n", RedisImageName, pod)
 				}
 			case <-stopCh:
 				return
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/job.go b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
index 3fae9103f46..8c5f1e55a0f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/job.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	batchinternal "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	jobutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/job"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Job", func() {
 		// updates we need to allow more than backoff+1
 		// TODO revert this back to above when https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/64787 gets fixed
 		if len(pods.Items) < backoff+1 {
-			framework.Failf("Not enough pod created expected at least %d, got %#v", backoff+1, pods.Items)
+			e2elog.Failf("Not enough pod created expected at least %d, got %#v", backoff+1, pods.Items)
 		}
 		for _, pod := range pods.Items {
 			gomega.Expect(pod.Status.Phase).To(gomega.Equal(v1.PodFailed))
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/network_partition.go b/test/e2e/apps/network_partition.go
index b942c47d4cb..f5dccf423f3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/network_partition.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/network_partition.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func expectNodeReadiness(isReady bool, newNode chan *v1.Node) {
 		}
 	}
 	if !expected {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to observe node ready status change to %v", isReady)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to observe node ready status change to %v", isReady)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 		// TODO(foxish): Re-enable testing on gce after kubernetes#56787 is fixed.
 		framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gke", "aws")
 		if strings.Index(framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup, ",") >= 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Test dose not support cluster setup with more than one MIG: %s", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup)
+			e2elog.Failf("Test dose not support cluster setup with more than one MIG: %s", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 					return true
 				})
 				if len(nodes.Items) <= 0 {
-					framework.Failf("No eligible node were found: %d", len(nodes.Items))
+					e2elog.Failf("No eligible node were found: %d", len(nodes.Items))
 				}
 				node := nodes.Items[0]
 				podOpts = metav1.ListOptions{FieldSelector: fields.OneTermEqualSelector(api.PodHostField, node.Name).String()}
 				if err = e2epod.WaitForMatchPodsCondition(c, podOpts, "Running and Ready", podReadyTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReady); err != nil {
-					framework.Failf("Pods on node %s are not ready and running within %v: %v", node.Name, podReadyTimeout, err)
+					e2elog.Failf("Pods on node %s are not ready and running within %v: %v", node.Name, podReadyTimeout, err)
 				}
 
 				ginkgo.By("Set up watch on node status")
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 					ginkgo.By("Expect to observe node and pod status change from NotReady to Ready after network connectivity recovers")
 					expectNodeReadiness(true, newNode)
 					if err = e2epod.WaitForMatchPodsCondition(c, podOpts, "Running and Ready", podReadyTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReady); err != nil {
-						framework.Failf("Pods on node %s did not become ready and running within %v: %v", node.Name, podReadyTimeout, err)
+						e2elog.Failf("Pods on node %s did not become ready and running within %v: %v", node.Name, podReadyTimeout, err)
 					}
 				}()
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 				ginkgo.By("Expect to observe node and pod status change from Ready to NotReady after network partition")
 				expectNodeReadiness(false, newNode)
 				if err = e2epod.WaitForMatchPodsCondition(c, podOpts, "NotReady", podNotReadyTimeout, testutils.PodNotReady); err != nil {
-					framework.Failf("Pods on node %s did not become NotReady within %v: %v", node.Name, podNotReadyTimeout, err)
+					e2elog.Failf("Pods on node %s did not become NotReady within %v: %v", node.Name, podNotReadyTimeout, err)
 				}
 			})
 		})
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 
 			e2elog.Logf("Waiting %v for node %s to be ready once temporary network failure ends", resizeNodeReadyTimeout, node.Name)
 			if !e2enode.WaitForNodeToBeReady(c, node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout) {
-				framework.Failf("Node %s did not become ready within %v", node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout)
+				e2elog.Failf("Node %s did not become ready within %v", node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout)
 			}
 
 			// sleep a bit, to allow Watch in NodeController to catch up.
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 
 			e2elog.Logf("Waiting %v for node %s to be ready once temporary network failure ends", resizeNodeReadyTimeout, node.Name)
 			if !e2enode.WaitForNodeToBeReady(c, node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout) {
-				framework.Failf("Node %s did not become ready within %v", node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout)
+				e2elog.Failf("Node %s did not become ready within %v", node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout)
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 
 			e2elog.Logf("Waiting %v for node %s to be ready once temporary network failure ends", resizeNodeReadyTimeout, node.Name)
 			if !e2enode.WaitForNodeToBeReady(c, node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout) {
-				framework.Failf("Node %s did not become ready within %v", node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout)
+				e2elog.Failf("Node %s did not become ready within %v", node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("waiting for pods to be running again")
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 
 			e2elog.Logf("Waiting %v for node %s to be ready once temporary network failure ends", resizeNodeReadyTimeout, node.Name)
 			if !e2enode.WaitForNodeToBeReady(c, node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout) {
-				framework.Failf("Node %s did not become ready within %v", node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout)
+				e2elog.Failf("Node %s did not become ready within %v", node.Name, resizeNodeReadyTimeout)
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -498,12 +498,12 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 					return true
 				})
 				if len(nodes.Items) <= 0 {
-					framework.Failf("No eligible node were found: %d", len(nodes.Items))
+					e2elog.Failf("No eligible node were found: %d", len(nodes.Items))
 				}
 				node := nodes.Items[0]
 				podOpts = metav1.ListOptions{FieldSelector: fields.OneTermEqualSelector(api.PodHostField, node.Name).String()}
 				if err := e2epod.WaitForMatchPodsCondition(c, podOpts, "Running and Ready", podReadyTimeout, testutils.PodRunningReadyOrSucceeded); err != nil {
-					framework.Failf("Pods on node %s are not ready and running within %v: %v", node.Name, podReadyTimeout, err)
+					e2elog.Failf("Pods on node %s are not ready and running within %v: %v", node.Name, podReadyTimeout, err)
 				}
 				pods, err := c.CoreV1().Pods(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(podOpts)
 				framework.ExpectNoError(err)
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 					return framework.NodeHasTaint(c, node.Name, nodepkg.UnreachableTaintTemplate)
 				}))
 				if err = e2epod.WaitForMatchPodsCondition(c, podOpts, "NotReady", podNotReadyTimeout, testutils.PodNotReady); err != nil {
-					framework.Failf("Pods on node %s did not become NotReady within %v: %v", node.Name, podNotReadyTimeout, err)
+					e2elog.Failf("Pods on node %s did not become NotReady within %v: %v", node.Name, podNotReadyTimeout, err)
 				}
 
 				sleepTime := maxTolerationTime + 20*time.Second
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 					if pod.DeletionTimestamp == nil {
 						seenRunning = append(seenRunning, namespacedName)
 						if shouldBeTerminating {
-							framework.Failf("Pod %v should have been deleted but was seen running", namespacedName)
+							e2elog.Failf("Pod %v should have been deleted but was seen running", namespacedName)
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Network Partition [Disruptive] [Slow]", func() {
 						}
 					}
 					if !running {
-						framework.Failf("Pod %v was evicted even though it shouldn't", neverEvictedPod)
+						e2elog.Failf("Pod %v was evicted even though it shouldn't", neverEvictedPod)
 					}
 				}
 			})
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/rc.go b/test/e2e/apps/rc.go
index 00f4af454b7..fad415b64ca 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/rc.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/rc.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func TestReplicationControllerServeImageOrFail(f *framework.Framework, test stri
 	label := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{"name": name}))
 	err = wait.Poll(retryInterval, retryTimeout, e2epod.NewProxyResponseChecker(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, label, name, true, pods).CheckAllResponses)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Did not get expected responses within the timeout period of %.2f seconds.", retryTimeout.Seconds())
+		e2elog.Failf("Did not get expected responses within the timeout period of %.2f seconds.", retryTimeout.Seconds())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/replica_set.go b/test/e2e/apps/replica_set.go
index 2b585c69865..a99c40bf659 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/replica_set.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/replica_set.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func testReplicaSetServeImageOrFail(f *framework.Framework, test string, image s
 	label := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{"name": name}))
 	err = wait.Poll(retryInterval, retryTimeout, e2epod.NewProxyResponseChecker(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, label, name, true, pods).CheckAllResponses)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Did not get expected responses within the timeout period of %.2f seconds.", retryTimeout.Seconds())
+		e2elog.Failf("Did not get expected responses within the timeout period of %.2f seconds.", retryTimeout.Seconds())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go b/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
index 41668813bbc..f00987effae 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 
 			ginkgo.By("Waiting until pod " + podName + " will start running in namespace " + f.Namespace.Name)
 			if err := f.WaitForPodRunning(podName); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Pod %v did not start running: %v", podName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Pod %v did not start running: %v", podName, err)
 			}
 
 			var initialStatefulPodUID types.UID
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 				return false, nil
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Pod %v expected to be re-created at least once", statefulPodName)
+				e2elog.Failf("Pod %v expected to be re-created at least once", statefulPodName)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("Removing pod with conflicting port in namespace " + f.Namespace.Name)
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 			ginkgo.By("getting scale subresource")
 			scale, err := c.AppsV1().StatefulSets(ns).GetScale(ssName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to get scale subresource: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to get scale subresource: %v", err)
 			}
 			gomega.Expect(scale.Spec.Replicas).To(gomega.Equal(int32(1)))
 			gomega.Expect(scale.Status.Replicas).To(gomega.Equal(int32(1)))
@@ -812,14 +812,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 			scale.Spec.Replicas = 2
 			scaleResult, err := c.AppsV1().StatefulSets(ns).UpdateScale(ssName, scale)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to put scale subresource: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to put scale subresource: %v", err)
 			}
 			gomega.Expect(scaleResult.Spec.Replicas).To(gomega.Equal(int32(2)))
 
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the statefulset Spec.Replicas was modified")
 			ss, err = c.AppsV1().StatefulSets(ns).Get(ssName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to get statefulset resource: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to get statefulset resource: %v", err)
 			}
 			gomega.Expect(*(ss.Spec.Replicas)).To(gomega.Equal(int32(2)))
 		})
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ func kubectlExecWithRetries(args ...string) (out string) {
 		}
 		e2elog.Logf("Retrying %v:\nerror %v\nstdout %v", args, err, out)
 	}
-	framework.Failf("Failed to execute \"%v\" with retries: %v", args, err)
+	e2elog.Failf("Failed to execute \"%v\" with retries: %v", args, err)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ func (c *clusterAppTester) run() {
 
 	ginkgo.By("Reading value under foo from member with index 2")
 	if err := pollReadWithTimeout(c.statefulPod, 2, "foo", "bar"); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("%v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("%v", err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/auth/service_accounts.go b/test/e2e/auth/service_accounts.go
index 8fb2d3f6f75..f0e584017ae 100644
--- a/test/e2e/auth/service_accounts.go
+++ b/test/e2e/auth/service_accounts.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ServiceAccounts", func() {
 			}
 
 			if hasServiceAccountTokenVolume != tc.ExpectTokenVolume {
-				framework.Failf("%s: expected volume=%v, got %v (%#v)", tc.PodName, tc.ExpectTokenVolume, hasServiceAccountTokenVolume, createdPod)
+				e2elog.Failf("%s: expected volume=%v, got %v (%#v)", tc.PodName, tc.ExpectTokenVolume, hasServiceAccountTokenVolume, createdPod)
 			} else {
 				e2elog.Logf("pod %s service account token volume mount: %v", tc.PodName, hasServiceAccountTokenVolume)
 			}
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ServiceAccounts", func() {
 				"ca.crt": string(cfg.TLSClientConfig.CAData),
 			},
 		}); err != nil && !apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-			framework.Failf("Unexpected err creating kube-ca-crt: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Unexpected err creating kube-ca-crt: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		tenMin := int64(10 * 60)
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ServiceAccounts", func() {
 
 		e2elog.Logf("created pod")
 		if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReady(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, []string{pod.Name}, time.Minute) {
-			framework.Failf("pod %q in ns %q never became ready", pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
+			e2elog.Failf("pod %q in ns %q never became ready", pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
 		}
 
 		e2elog.Logf("pod is ready")
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ServiceAccounts", func() {
 			}
 			return true, nil
 		}); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Unexpected error: %v\n%s", err, logs)
+			e2elog.Failf("Unexpected error: %v\n%s", err, logs)
 		}
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_size_autoscaling.go b/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_size_autoscaling.go
index 8bd49f0c12f..6bb60a7598e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_size_autoscaling.go
+++ b/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_size_autoscaling.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Cluster size autoscaling [Slow]", func() {
 	ginkgo.It(fmt.Sprintf("Should scale up GPU pool from 0 [GpuType:%s] [Feature:ClusterSizeAutoscalingGpu]", gpuType), func() {
 		framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gke")
 		if gpuType == "" {
-			framework.Failf("TEST_GPU_TYPE not defined")
+			e2elog.Failf("TEST_GPU_TYPE not defined")
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Cluster size autoscaling [Slow]", func() {
 	ginkgo.It(fmt.Sprintf("Should scale up GPU pool from 1 [GpuType:%s] [Feature:ClusterSizeAutoscalingGpu]", gpuType), func() {
 		framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gke")
 		if gpuType == "" {
-			framework.Failf("TEST_GPU_TYPE not defined")
+			e2elog.Failf("TEST_GPU_TYPE not defined")
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Cluster size autoscaling [Slow]", func() {
 	ginkgo.It(fmt.Sprintf("Should not scale GPU pool up if pod does not require GPUs [GpuType:%s] [Feature:ClusterSizeAutoscalingGpu]", gpuType), func() {
 		framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gke")
 		if gpuType == "" {
-			framework.Failf("TEST_GPU_TYPE not defined")
+			e2elog.Failf("TEST_GPU_TYPE not defined")
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Cluster size autoscaling [Slow]", func() {
 	ginkgo.It(fmt.Sprintf("Should scale down GPU pool from 1 [GpuType:%s] [Feature:ClusterSizeAutoscalingGpu]", gpuType), func() {
 		framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gke")
 		if gpuType == "" {
-			framework.Failf("TEST_GPU_TYPE not defined")
+			e2elog.Failf("TEST_GPU_TYPE not defined")
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Cluster size autoscaling [Slow]", func() {
 		defer func() {
 			errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(c, f.Namespace.Name, pv, pvc)
 			if len(errs) > 0 {
-				framework.Failf("failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+				e2elog.Failf("failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 			}
 			pv, pvc = nil, nil
 			if diskName != "" {
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ func reserveMemory(f *framework.Framework, id string, replicas, megabytes int, e
 			return framework.DeleteRCAndWaitForGC(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, id)
 		}
 	}
-	framework.Failf("Failed to reserve memory within timeout")
+	e2elog.Failf("Failed to reserve memory within timeout")
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ func addKubeSystemPdbs(f *framework.Framework) (func(), error) {
 			}
 		}
 		if finalErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error during PodDisruptionBudget cleanup: %v", finalErr)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error during PodDisruptionBudget cleanup: %v", finalErr)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/autoscaling/custom_metrics_stackdriver_autoscaling.go b/test/e2e/autoscaling/custom_metrics_stackdriver_autoscaling.go
index 1727b29c711..c337e64745c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/autoscaling/custom_metrics_stackdriver_autoscaling.go
+++ b/test/e2e/autoscaling/custom_metrics_stackdriver_autoscaling.go
@@ -242,33 +242,33 @@ func (tc *CustomMetricTestCase) Run() {
 		ts, err := google.DefaultTokenSource(oauth2.NoContext)
 		e2elog.Logf("Couldn't get application default credentials, %v", err)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error accessing application default credentials, %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error accessing application default credentials, %v", err)
 		}
 		client := oauth2.NewClient(oauth2.NoContext, ts)
 	*/
 
 	gcmService, err := gcm.New(client)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create gcm service, %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create gcm service, %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// Set up a cluster: create a custom metric and set up k8s-sd adapter
 	err = monitoring.CreateDescriptors(gcmService, projectID)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create metric descriptor: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create metric descriptor: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer monitoring.CleanupDescriptors(gcmService, projectID)
 
 	err = monitoring.CreateAdapter(monitoring.AdapterDefault)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to set up: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to set up: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer monitoring.CleanupAdapter(monitoring.AdapterDefault)
 
 	// Run application that exports the metric
 	err = createDeploymentToScale(tc.framework, tc.kubeClient, tc.deployment, tc.pod)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create stackdriver-exporter pod: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create stackdriver-exporter pod: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer cleanupDeploymentsToScale(tc.framework, tc.kubeClient, tc.deployment, tc.pod)
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (tc *CustomMetricTestCase) Run() {
 	// Autoscale the deployment
 	_, err = tc.kubeClient.AutoscalingV2beta1().HorizontalPodAutoscalers(tc.framework.Namespace.ObjectMeta.Name).Create(tc.hpa)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create HPA: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create HPA: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer tc.kubeClient.AutoscalingV2beta1().HorizontalPodAutoscalers(tc.framework.Namespace.ObjectMeta.Name).Delete(tc.hpa.ObjectMeta.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 
@@ -442,13 +442,13 @@ func waitForReplicas(deploymentName, namespace string, cs clientset.Interface, t
 	err := wait.PollImmediate(interval, timeout, func() (bool, error) {
 		deployment, err := cs.AppsV1().Deployments(namespace).Get(deploymentName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to get replication controller %s: %v", deployment, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to get replication controller %s: %v", deployment, err)
 		}
 		replicas := int(deployment.Status.ReadyReplicas)
 		e2elog.Logf("waiting for %d replicas (current: %d)", desiredReplicas, replicas)
 		return replicas == desiredReplicas, nil // Expected number of replicas found. Exit.
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Timeout waiting %v for %v replicas", timeout, desiredReplicas)
+		e2elog.Failf("Timeout waiting %v for %v replicas", timeout, desiredReplicas)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/cloud/nodes.go b/test/e2e/cloud/nodes.go
index 6364d79fe07..ddb73054fde 100644
--- a/test/e2e/cloud/nodes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/cloud/nodes.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:CloudProvider][Disruptive] Nodes", func() {
 
 		err := framework.DeleteNodeOnCloudProvider(&nodeToDelete)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("failed to delete node %q, err: %q", nodeToDelete.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("failed to delete node %q, err: %q", nodeToDelete.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		newNodes, err := e2enode.CheckReady(c, len(origNodes.Items)-1, 5*time.Minute)
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:CloudProvider][Disruptive] Nodes", func() {
 
 		_, err = c.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(nodeToDelete.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err == nil {
-			framework.Failf("node %q still exists when it should be deleted", nodeToDelete.Name)
+			e2elog.Failf("node %q still exists when it should be deleted", nodeToDelete.Name)
 		} else if !apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
-			framework.Failf("failed to get node %q err: %q", nodeToDelete.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("failed to get node %q err: %q", nodeToDelete.Name, err)
 		}
 
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/autoscaling_utils.go b/test/e2e/common/autoscaling_utils.go
index 8ea02875541..647810086f4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/autoscaling_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/autoscaling_utils.go
@@ -336,25 +336,25 @@ func (rc *ResourceConsumer) GetReplicas() int {
 		replicationController, err := rc.clientSet.CoreV1().ReplicationControllers(rc.nsName).Get(rc.name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		if replicationController == nil {
-			framework.Failf(rcIsNil)
+			e2elog.Failf(rcIsNil)
 		}
 		return int(replicationController.Status.ReadyReplicas)
 	case KindDeployment:
 		deployment, err := rc.clientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(rc.nsName).Get(rc.name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		if deployment == nil {
-			framework.Failf(deploymentIsNil)
+			e2elog.Failf(deploymentIsNil)
 		}
 		return int(deployment.Status.ReadyReplicas)
 	case KindReplicaSet:
 		rs, err := rc.clientSet.AppsV1().ReplicaSets(rc.nsName).Get(rc.name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		if rs == nil {
-			framework.Failf(rsIsNil)
+			e2elog.Failf(rsIsNil)
 		}
 		return int(rs.Status.ReadyReplicas)
 	default:
-		framework.Failf(invalidKind)
+		e2elog.Failf(invalidKind)
 	}
 	return 0
 }
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func runServiceAndWorkloadForResourceConsumer(c clientset.Interface, ns, name st
 		framework.ExpectNoError(replicaset.RunReplicaSet(rsConfig))
 		break
 	default:
-		framework.Failf(invalidKind)
+		e2elog.Failf(invalidKind)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Running controller"))
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/configmap.go b/test/e2e/common/configmap.go
index 28ec14610d6..bb26aa647c7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/configmap.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/configmap.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-node] ConfigMap", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap %v/%v", f.Namespace.Name, configMap.Name))
 		var err error
 		if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-node] ConfigMap", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap %v/%v", f.Namespace.Name, configMap.Name))
 		var err error
 		if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go b/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go
index 072dddb156f..dc909f643dd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/configmap_volume.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 )
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] ConfigMap", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", configMap.Name))
 		var err error
 		if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] ConfigMap", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", configMap.Name))
 		var err error
 		if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -338,12 +339,12 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] ConfigMap", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", deleteConfigMap.Name))
 		var err error
 		if deleteConfigMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(deleteConfigMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", deleteConfigMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", deleteConfigMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", updateConfigMap.Name))
 		if updateConfigMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(updateConfigMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", updateConfigMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", updateConfigMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] ConfigMap", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", createConfigMap.Name))
 		if createConfigMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(createConfigMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", createConfigMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", createConfigMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("waiting to observe update in volume")
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] ConfigMap", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", configMap.Name))
 		var err error
 		if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -594,7 +595,7 @@ func doConfigMapE2EWithoutMappings(f *framework.Framework, uid, fsGroup int64, d
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", configMap.Name))
 	var err error
 	if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	one := int64(1)
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ func doConfigMapE2EWithMappings(f *framework.Framework, uid, fsGroup int64, item
 
 	var err error
 	if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	one := int64(1)
@@ -806,7 +807,7 @@ func createNonOptionalConfigMapPodWithConfig(f *framework.Framework, volumeMount
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", configMap.Name))
 	var err error
 	if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 	}
 	//creating a pod with configMap object, but with different key which is not present in configMap object.
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/container_probe.go b/test/e2e/common/container_probe.go
index a0751051bda..585e6fff4bf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/container_probe.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/container_probe.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Probing container", func() {
 		e2elog.Logf("Container started at %v, pod became ready at %v", startedTime, readyTime)
 		initialDelay := probeTestInitialDelaySeconds * time.Second
 		if readyTime.Sub(startedTime) < initialDelay {
-			framework.Failf("Pod became ready before it's %v initial delay", initialDelay)
+			e2elog.Failf("Pod became ready before it's %v initial delay", initialDelay)
 		}
 
 		restartCount := getRestartCount(p)
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ func runLivenessTest(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, expectNumRestarts int,
 			e2elog.Logf("Restart count of pod %s/%s is now %d (%v elapsed)",
 				ns, pod.Name, restartCount, time.Since(start))
 			if restartCount < lastRestartCount {
-				framework.Failf("Restart count should increment monotonically: restart cont of pod %s/%s changed from %d to %d",
+				e2elog.Failf("Restart count should increment monotonically: restart cont of pod %s/%s changed from %d to %d",
 					ns, pod.Name, lastRestartCount, restartCount)
 			}
 		}
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func runLivenessTest(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, expectNumRestarts int,
 	// If we expected n restarts (n > 0), fail if we observed < n restarts.
 	if (expectNumRestarts == 0 && observedRestarts > 0) || (expectNumRestarts > 0 &&
 		int(observedRestarts) < expectNumRestarts) {
-		framework.Failf("pod %s/%s - expected number of restarts: %d, found restarts: %d",
+		e2elog.Failf("pod %s/%s - expected number of restarts: %d, found restarts: %d",
 			ns, pod.Name, expectNumRestarts, observedRestarts)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/expansion.go b/test/e2e/common/expansion.go
index 8ec7707f185..f86878c74e2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/expansion.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/expansion.go
@@ -482,14 +482,14 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Variable Expansion", func() {
 		cmd := "touch /volume_mount/mypath/foo/test.log"
 		_, _, err = f.ExecShellInPodWithFullOutput(pod.Name, cmd)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("expected to be able to write to subpath")
+			e2elog.Failf("expected to be able to write to subpath")
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("test for file in mounted path")
 		cmd = "test -f /subpath_mount/test.log"
 		_, _, err = f.ExecShellInPodWithFullOutput(pod.Name, cmd)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("expected to be able to verify file")
+			e2elog.Failf("expected to be able to verify file")
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("updating the annotation value")
@@ -629,13 +629,13 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Variable Expansion", func() {
 		cmd := "test -f /volume_mount/foo/test.log"
 		_, _, err = f.ExecShellInPodWithFullOutput(pod.Name, cmd)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("expected to be able to verify old file exists")
+			e2elog.Failf("expected to be able to verify old file exists")
 		}
 
 		cmd = "test ! -f /volume_mount/newsubpath/test.log"
 		_, _, err = f.ExecShellInPodWithFullOutput(pod.Name, cmd)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("expected to be able to verify new file does not exist")
+			e2elog.Failf("expected to be able to verify new file does not exist")
 		}
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/kubelet_etc_hosts.go b/test/e2e/common/kubelet_etc_hosts.go
index 08798823b0a..215a6f747c2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/kubelet_etc_hosts.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/kubelet_etc_hosts.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 )
 
@@ -136,11 +137,11 @@ func assertManagedStatus(
 	}
 
 	if expectedIsManaged {
-		framework.Failf(
+		e2elog.Failf(
 			"/etc/hosts file should be kubelet managed (name: %s, retries: %d). /etc/hosts contains %q",
 			name, retryCount, etcHostsContent)
 	} else {
-		framework.Failf(
+		e2elog.Failf(
 			"/etc/hosts file should no be kubelet managed (name: %s, retries: %d). /etc/hosts contains %q",
 			name, retryCount, etcHostsContent)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/pods.go b/test/e2e/common/pods.go
index e8d5c02224a..cf9f543b476 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/pods.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func testHostIP(podClient *framework.PodClient, pod *v1.Pod) {
 			break
 		}
 		if time.Since(t) >= hostIPTimeout {
-			framework.Failf("Gave up waiting for hostIP of pod %s after %v seconds",
+			e2elog.Failf("Gave up waiting for hostIP of pod %s after %v seconds",
 				p.Name, time.Since(t).Seconds())
 		}
 		e2elog.Logf("Retrying to get the hostIP of pod %s", p.Name)
@@ -91,19 +91,19 @@ func startPodAndGetBackOffs(podClient *framework.PodClient, pod *v1.Pod, sleepAm
 	ginkgo.By("getting restart delay-0")
 	_, err := getRestartDelay(podClient, podName, containerName)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
+		e2elog.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("getting restart delay-1")
 	delay1, err := getRestartDelay(podClient, podName, containerName)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
+		e2elog.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("getting restart delay-2")
 	delay2, err := getRestartDelay(podClient, podName, containerName)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
+		e2elog.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
 	}
 	return delay1, delay2
 }
@@ -265,13 +265,13 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 			select {
 			case event, _ := <-w.ResultChan():
 				if event.Type != watch.Added {
-					framework.Failf("Failed to observe pod creation: %v", event)
+					e2elog.Failf("Failed to observe pod creation: %v", event)
 				}
 			case <-time.After(framework.PodStartTimeout):
-				framework.Failf("Timeout while waiting for pod creation")
+				e2elog.Failf("Timeout while waiting for pod creation")
 			}
 		case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
-			framework.Failf("Timeout while waiting to observe pod list")
+			e2elog.Failf("Timeout while waiting to observe pod list")
 		}
 
 		// We need to wait for the pod to be running, otherwise the deletion
@@ -319,14 +319,14 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 					deleted = true
 				case watch.Error:
 					e2elog.Logf("received a watch error: %v", event.Object)
-					framework.Failf("watch closed with error")
+					e2elog.Failf("watch closed with error")
 				}
 			case <-timer:
-				framework.Failf("timed out waiting for pod deletion")
+				e2elog.Failf("timed out waiting for pod deletion")
 			}
 		}
 		if !deleted {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to observe pod deletion")
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to observe pod deletion")
 		}
 
 		gomega.Expect(lastPod.DeletionTimestamp).ToNot(gomega.BeNil())
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 		url := req.URL()
 		ws, err := framework.OpenWebSocketForURL(url, config, []string{"channel.k8s.io"})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to open websocket to %s: %v", url.String(), err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to open websocket to %s: %v", url.String(), err)
 		}
 		defer ws.Close()
 
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 					if err == io.EOF {
 						break
 					}
-					framework.Failf("Failed to read completely from websocket %s: %v", url.String(), err)
+					e2elog.Failf("Failed to read completely from websocket %s: %v", url.String(), err)
 				}
 				if len(msg) == 0 {
 					continue
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 						// skip an empty message on stream other than stdout
 						continue
 					} else {
-						framework.Failf("Got message from server that didn't start with channel 1 (STDOUT): %v", msg)
+						e2elog.Failf("Got message from server that didn't start with channel 1 (STDOUT): %v", msg)
 					}
 
 				}
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 
 		ws, err := framework.OpenWebSocketForURL(url, config, []string{"binary.k8s.io"})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to open websocket to %s: %v", url.String(), err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to open websocket to %s: %v", url.String(), err)
 		}
 		defer ws.Close()
 		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 				if err == io.EOF {
 					break
 				}
-				framework.Failf("Failed to read completely from websocket %s: %v", url.String(), err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to read completely from websocket %s: %v", url.String(), err)
 			}
 			if len(strings.TrimSpace(string(msg))) == 0 {
 				continue
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 			buf.Write(msg)
 		}
 		if buf.String() != "container is alive\n" {
-			framework.Failf("Unexpected websocket logs:\n%s", buf.String())
+			e2elog.Failf("Unexpected websocket logs:\n%s", buf.String())
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -708,11 +708,11 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("get restart delay after image update")
 		delayAfterUpdate, err := getRestartDelay(podClient, podName, containerName)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
+			e2elog.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
 		}
 
 		if delayAfterUpdate > 2*delay2 || delayAfterUpdate > 2*delay1 {
-			framework.Failf("updating image did not reset the back-off value in pod=%s/%s d3=%s d2=%s d1=%s", podName, containerName, delayAfterUpdate, delay1, delay2)
+			e2elog.Failf("updating image did not reset the back-off value in pod=%s/%s d3=%s d2=%s d1=%s", podName, containerName, delayAfterUpdate, delay1, delay2)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 		for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
 			delay1, err = getRestartDelay(podClient, podName, containerName)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
+				e2elog.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
 			}
 
 			if delay1 < kubelet.MaxContainerBackOff {
@@ -757,17 +757,17 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Pods", func() {
 		}
 
 		if (delay1 < kubelet.MaxContainerBackOff) || (delay1 > maxBackOffTolerance) {
-			framework.Failf("expected %s back-off got=%s in delay1", kubelet.MaxContainerBackOff, delay1)
+			e2elog.Failf("expected %s back-off got=%s in delay1", kubelet.MaxContainerBackOff, delay1)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("getting restart delay after a capped delay")
 		delay2, err := getRestartDelay(podClient, podName, containerName)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
+			e2elog.Failf("timed out waiting for container restart in pod=%s/%s", podName, containerName)
 		}
 
 		if delay2 < kubelet.MaxContainerBackOff || delay2 > maxBackOffTolerance { // syncloop cumulative drift
-			framework.Failf("expected %s back-off got=%s on delay2", kubelet.MaxContainerBackOff, delay2)
+			e2elog.Failf("expected %s back-off got=%s on delay2", kubelet.MaxContainerBackOff, delay2)
 		}
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/projected_combined.go b/test/e2e/common/projected_combined.go
index 1fbb638f1b3..55d9d0d17ed 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/projected_combined.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/projected_combined.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -63,11 +64,11 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected combined", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", configMap.Name))
 		if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 		}
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", secret.Name))
 		if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := projectedAllVolumeBasePod(podName, secretName, configMapName, nil, nil)
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/projected_configmap.go b/test/e2e/common/projected_configmap.go
index 0492b5a5792..1b54ec345de 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/projected_configmap.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/projected_configmap.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected configMap", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating projection with configMap that has name %s", configMap.Name))
 		var err error
 		if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -248,12 +249,12 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected configMap", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", deleteConfigMap.Name))
 		var err error
 		if deleteConfigMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(deleteConfigMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", deleteConfigMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", deleteConfigMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", updateConfigMap.Name))
 		if updateConfigMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(updateConfigMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", updateConfigMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", updateConfigMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected configMap", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", createConfigMap.Name))
 		if createConfigMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(createConfigMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", createConfigMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", createConfigMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("waiting to observe update in volume")
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected configMap", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", configMap.Name))
 		var err error
 		if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ func doProjectedConfigMapE2EWithoutMappings(f *framework.Framework, uid, fsGroup
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating configMap with name %s", configMap.Name))
 	var err error
 	if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -603,7 +604,7 @@ func doProjectedConfigMapE2EWithMappings(f *framework.Framework, uid, fsGroup in
 
 	var err error
 	if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/projected_secret.go b/test/e2e/common/projected_secret.go
index 416b6c8ce93..62dcc5e93e3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/projected_secret.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/projected_secret.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected secret", func() {
 		)
 
 		if namespace2, err = f.CreateNamespace("secret-namespace", nil); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create new namespace %s: %v", namespace2.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create new namespace %s: %v", namespace2.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		secret2 := secretForTest(namespace2.Name, secret2Name)
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected secret", func() {
 			"this_should_not_match_content_of_other_secret": []byte("similarly_this_should_not_match_content_of_other_secret\n"),
 		}
 		if secret2, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace2.Name).Create(secret2); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret2.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret2.Name, err)
 		}
 		doProjectedSecretE2EWithoutMapping(f, nil /* default mode */, secret2.Name, nil, nil)
 	})
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected secret", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", secret.Name))
 		var err error
 		if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -256,12 +257,12 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected secret", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", deleteSecret.Name))
 		var err error
 		if deleteSecret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(deleteSecret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", deleteSecret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", deleteSecret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", updateSecret.Name))
 		if updateSecret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(updateSecret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", updateSecret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", updateSecret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Projected secret", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", createSecret.Name))
 		if createSecret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(createSecret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", createSecret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", createSecret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("waiting to observe update in volume")
@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ func doProjectedSecretE2EWithoutMapping(f *framework.Framework, defaultMode *int
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating projection with secret that has name %s", secret.Name))
 	var err error
 	if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -514,7 +515,7 @@ func doProjectedSecretE2EWithMapping(f *framework.Framework, mode *int32) {
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating projection with secret that has name %s", secret.Name))
 	var err error
 	if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/runtime.go b/test/e2e/common/runtime.go
index 82b6e3a9afb..23da0e58581 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/runtime.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/runtime.go
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ while true; do sleep 1; done
 					if i < flakeRetry {
 						e2elog.Logf("No.%d attempt failed: %v, retrying...", i, err)
 					} else {
-						framework.Failf("All %d attempts failed: %v", flakeRetry, err)
+						e2elog.Failf("All %d attempts failed: %v", flakeRetry, err)
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/secrets.go b/test/e2e/common/secrets.go
index 33c896e700c..d654f9602af 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/secrets.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/secrets.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-api-machinery] Secrets", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", secret.Name))
 		var err error
 		if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-api-machinery] Secrets", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("creating secret %v/%v", f.Namespace.Name, secret.Name))
 		var err error
 		if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/secrets_volume.go b/test/e2e/common/secrets_volume.go
index b355812cc58..a64bb01ec01 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/secrets_volume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/secrets_volume.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Secrets", func() {
 		)
 
 		if namespace2, err = f.CreateNamespace("secret-namespace", nil); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create new namespace %s: %v", namespace2.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create new namespace %s: %v", namespace2.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		secret2 := secretForTest(namespace2.Name, secret2Name)
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Secrets", func() {
 			"this_should_not_match_content_of_other_secret": []byte("similarly_this_should_not_match_content_of_other_secret\n"),
 		}
 		if secret2, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace2.Name).Create(secret2); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret2.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret2.Name, err)
 		}
 		doSecretE2EWithoutMapping(f, nil /* default mode */, secret2.Name, nil, nil)
 	})
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Secrets", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", secret.Name))
 		var err error
 		if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -245,12 +246,12 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Secrets", func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", deleteSecret.Name))
 		var err error
 		if deleteSecret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(deleteSecret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", deleteSecret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", deleteSecret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", updateSecret.Name))
 		if updateSecret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(updateSecret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", updateSecret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", updateSecret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[sig-storage] Secrets", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", createSecret.Name))
 		if createSecret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(createSecret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", createSecret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", createSecret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("waiting to observe update in volume")
@@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ func doSecretE2EWithoutMapping(f *framework.Framework, defaultMode *int32, secre
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", secret.Name))
 	var err error
 	if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ func doSecretE2EWithMapping(f *framework.Framework, mode *int32) {
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", secret.Name))
 	var err error
 	if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -602,7 +603,7 @@ func createNonOptionalSecretPodWithSecret(f *framework.Framework, volumeMountPat
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating secret with name %s", secret.Name))
 	var err error
 	if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 	}
 	//creating a pod with secret object, with the key which is not present in secret object.
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/security_context.go b/test/e2e/common/security_context.go
index 225b274a1b8..9ffc38e7b15 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/security_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/security_context.go
@@ -260,12 +260,12 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			podName := createAndWaitUserPod(false)
 			logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, podName, podName)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
 			}
 
 			e2elog.Logf("Got logs for pod %q: %q", podName, logs)
 			if !strings.Contains(logs, "Operation not permitted") {
-				framework.Failf("unprivileged container shouldn't be able to create dummy device")
+				e2elog.Failf("unprivileged container shouldn't be able to create dummy device")
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 		ginkgo.It("should allow privilege escalation when not explicitly set and uid != 0 [LinuxOnly] [NodeConformance]", func() {
 			podName := "alpine-nnp-nil-" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
 			if err := createAndMatchOutput(podName, "Effective uid: 0", nil, 1000); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Match output for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Match output for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			podName := "alpine-nnp-false-" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
 			apeFalse := false
 			if err := createAndMatchOutput(podName, "Effective uid: 1000", &apeFalse, 1000); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Match output for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Match output for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			podName := "alpine-nnp-true-" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
 			apeTrue := true
 			if err := createAndMatchOutput(podName, "Effective uid: 0", &apeTrue, 1000); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Match output for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Match output for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
 			}
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/util.go b/test/e2e/common/util.go
index b8b9a4484eb..2e40d372e9c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/util.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -100,11 +101,11 @@ func SubstituteImageName(content string) string {
 	contentWithImageName := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	tmpl, err := template.New("imagemanifest").Parse(content)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed Parse the template: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed Parse the template: %v", err)
 	}
 	err = tmpl.Execute(contentWithImageName, testImages)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed executing template: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed executing template: %v", err)
 	}
 	return contentWithImageName.String()
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e.go b/test/e2e/e2e.go
index 54fee752ce8..c0537612882 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ var _ = ginkgo.SynchronizedBeforeSuite(func() []byte {
 				metav1.NamespacePublic,
 			})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error deleting orphaned namespaces: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error deleting orphaned namespaces: %v", err)
 		}
 		klog.Infof("Waiting for deletion of the following namespaces: %v", deleted)
 		if err := framework.WaitForNamespacesDeleted(c, deleted, framework.NamespaceCleanupTimeout); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to delete orphaned namespaces %v: %v", deleted, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to delete orphaned namespaces %v: %v", deleted, err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.SynchronizedBeforeSuite(func() []byte {
 		framework.DumpAllNamespaceInfo(c, metav1.NamespaceSystem)
 		framework.LogFailedContainers(c, metav1.NamespaceSystem, e2elog.Logf)
 		runKubernetesServiceTestContainer(c, metav1.NamespaceDefault)
-		framework.Failf("Error waiting for all pods to be running and ready: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Error waiting for all pods to be running and ready: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := framework.WaitForDaemonSets(c, metav1.NamespaceSystem, int32(framework.TestContext.AllowedNotReadyNodes), framework.TestContext.SystemDaemonsetStartupTimeout); err != nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/examples.go b/test/e2e/examples.go
index 24a3baf0b3c..ecc751eecf0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/examples.go
+++ b/test/e2e/examples.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("[Feature:Example]", func() {
 			}
 			wg.Wait()
 			if !passed {
-				framework.Failf("At least one liveness example failed.  See the logs above.")
+				e2elog.Failf("At least one liveness example failed.  See the logs above.")
 			}
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/ingress/ingress_utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/ingress/ingress_utils.go
index b8dc2f4a39f..21a7503cbb4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/ingress/ingress_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/ingress/ingress_utils.go
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ func (j *TestJig) Update(update func(ing *networkingv1beta1.Ingress)) {
 	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
 		j.Ingress, err = j.Client.NetworkingV1beta1().Ingresses(ns).Get(name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("failed to get ingress %s/%s: %v", ns, name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("failed to get ingress %s/%s: %v", ns, name, err)
 		}
 		update(j.Ingress)
 		j.Ingress, err = j.runUpdate(j.Ingress)
@@ -482,10 +482,10 @@ func (j *TestJig) Update(update func(ing *networkingv1beta1.Ingress)) {
 			return
 		}
 		if !apierrs.IsConflict(err) && !apierrs.IsServerTimeout(err) {
-			framework.Failf("failed to update ingress %s/%s: %v", ns, name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("failed to update ingress %s/%s: %v", ns, name, err)
 		}
 	}
-	framework.Failf("too many retries updating ingress %s/%s", ns, name)
+	e2elog.Failf("too many retries updating ingress %s/%s", ns, name)
 }
 
 // AddHTTPS updates the ingress to add this secret for these hosts.
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ func (j *TestJig) GetRootCA(secretName string) (rootCA []byte) {
 	var ok bool
 	rootCA, ok = j.RootCAs[secretName]
 	if !ok {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to retrieve rootCAs, no recorded secret by name %v", secretName)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to retrieve rootCAs, no recorded secret by name %v", secretName)
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func (j *TestJig) pollIngressWithCert(ing *networkingv1beta1.Ingress, address st
 // WaitForIngress returns when it gets the first 200 response
 func (j *TestJig) WaitForIngress(waitForNodePort bool) {
 	if err := j.WaitForGivenIngressWithTimeout(j.Ingress, waitForNodePort, framework.LoadBalancerPollTimeout); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("error in waiting for ingress to get an address: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("error in waiting for ingress to get an address: %s", err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ func (j *TestJig) WaitForIngressToStable() {
 		}
 		return true, nil
 	}); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("error in waiting for ingress to stablize: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("error in waiting for ingress to stablize: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ func (j *TestJig) GetDistinctResponseFromIngress() (sets.String, error) {
 	// Wait for the loadbalancer IP.
 	address, err := j.WaitForIngressAddress(j.Client, j.Ingress.Namespace, j.Ingress.Name, framework.LoadBalancerPollTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Ingress failed to acquire an IP address within %v", framework.LoadBalancerPollTimeout)
+		e2elog.Failf("Ingress failed to acquire an IP address within %v", framework.LoadBalancerPollTimeout)
 	}
 	responses := sets.NewString()
 	timeoutClient := &http.Client{Timeout: IngressReqTimeout}
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ func (cont *NginxIngressController) Init() {
 	pods, err := cont.Client.CoreV1().Pods(cont.Ns).List(metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: sel.String()})
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	if len(pods.Items) == 0 {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to find nginx ingress controller pods with selector %v", sel)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to find nginx ingress controller pods with selector %v", sel)
 	}
 	cont.pod = &pods.Items[0]
 	cont.externalIP, err = framework.GetHostExternalAddress(cont.Client, cont.pod)
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/firewall.go b/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/firewall.go
index 6be2cb243d9..25df218f0f8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/firewall.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/firewall.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func MakeFirewallNameForLBService(name string) string {
 // ConstructFirewallForLBService returns the expected GCE firewall rule for a loadbalancer type service
 func ConstructFirewallForLBService(svc *v1.Service, nodeTag string) *compute.Firewall {
 	if svc.Spec.Type != v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer {
-		framework.Failf("can not construct firewall rule for non-loadbalancer type service")
+		e2elog.Failf("can not construct firewall rule for non-loadbalancer type service")
 	}
 	fw := compute.Firewall{}
 	fw.Name = MakeFirewallNameForLBService(cloudprovider.DefaultLoadBalancerName(svc))
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func MakeHealthCheckFirewallNameForLBService(clusterID, name string, isNodesHeal
 // ConstructHealthCheckFirewallForLBService returns the expected GCE firewall rule for a loadbalancer type service
 func ConstructHealthCheckFirewallForLBService(clusterID string, svc *v1.Service, nodeTag string, isNodesHealthCheck bool) *compute.Firewall {
 	if svc.Spec.Type != v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer {
-		framework.Failf("can not construct firewall rule for non-loadbalancer type service")
+		e2elog.Failf("can not construct firewall rule for non-loadbalancer type service")
 	}
 	fw := compute.Firewall{}
 	fw.Name = MakeHealthCheckFirewallNameForLBService(clusterID, cloudprovider.DefaultLoadBalancerName(svc), isNodesHealthCheck)
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/gce.go b/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/gce.go
index 65e4862e1ce..e0167d1eda4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/gce.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/gce.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func (p *Provider) CleanupServiceResources(c clientset.Interface, loadBalancerNa
 		}
 		return true, nil
 	}); pollErr != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to cleanup service GCE resources.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to cleanup service GCE resources.")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func GetInstanceTags(cloudConfig framework.CloudConfig, instanceName string) *co
 	res, err := gceCloud.ComputeServices().GA.Instances.Get(cloudConfig.ProjectID, cloudConfig.Zone,
 		instanceName).Do()
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to get instance tags for %v: %v", instanceName, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to get instance tags for %v: %v", instanceName, err)
 	}
 	return res.Tags
 }
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func SetInstanceTags(cloudConfig framework.CloudConfig, instanceName, zone strin
 		cloudConfig.ProjectID, zone, instanceName,
 		&compute.Tags{Fingerprint: resTags.Fingerprint, Items: tags}).Do()
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("failed to set instance tags: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("failed to set instance tags: %v", err)
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("Sent request to set tags %v on instance: %v", tags, instanceName)
 	return resTags.Items
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/ingress.go b/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/ingress.go
index 6e4f6aeaf04..06e839b4ae5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/ingress.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/ingress.go
@@ -788,12 +788,12 @@ func (cont *IngressController) CreateStaticIP(name string) string {
 				e2elog.Logf("Failed to delete static ip %v: %v", name, delErr)
 			}
 		}
-		framework.Failf("Failed to allocate static ip %v: %v", name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to allocate static ip %v: %v", name, err)
 	}
 
 	ip, err := gceCloud.GetGlobalAddress(name)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to get newly created static ip %v: %v", name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to get newly created static ip %v: %v", name, err)
 	}
 
 	cont.staticIPName = ip.Name
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/recreate_node.go b/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/recreate_node.go
index 4bf7ec70bf5..1ac18ab7811 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/recreate_node.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce/recreate_node.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Recreate [Feature:Recreate]", func() {
 		}
 
 		if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReadyOrSucceeded(f.ClientSet, systemNamespace, originalPodNames, framework.PodReadyBeforeTimeout) {
-			framework.Failf("At least one pod wasn't running and ready or succeeded at test start.")
+			e2elog.Failf("At least one pod wasn't running and ready or succeeded at test start.")
 		}
 
 	})
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Recreate [Feature:Recreate]", func() {
 func testRecreate(c clientset.Interface, ps *testutils.PodStore, systemNamespace string, nodes []v1.Node, podNames []string) {
 	err := RecreateNodes(c, nodes)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Test failed; failed to start the restart instance group command.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Test failed; failed to start the restart instance group command.")
 	}
 
 	err = WaitForNodeBootIdsToChange(c, nodes, framework.RecreateNodeReadyAgainTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Test failed; failed to recreate at least one node in %v.", framework.RecreateNodeReadyAgainTimeout)
+		e2elog.Failf("Test failed; failed to recreate at least one node in %v.", framework.RecreateNodeReadyAgainTimeout)
 	}
 
 	nodesAfter, err := e2enode.CheckReady(c, len(nodes), framework.RestartNodeReadyAgainTimeout)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func testRecreate(c clientset.Interface, ps *testutils.PodStore, systemNamespace
 	e2elog.Logf("Got the following nodes after recreate: %v", nodeNames(nodesAfter))
 
 	if len(nodes) != len(nodesAfter) {
-		framework.Failf("Had %d nodes before nodes were recreated, but now only have %d",
+		e2elog.Failf("Had %d nodes before nodes were recreated, but now only have %d",
 			len(nodes), len(nodesAfter))
 	}
 
@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@ func testRecreate(c clientset.Interface, ps *testutils.PodStore, systemNamespace
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	remaining := framework.RestartPodReadyAgainTimeout - time.Since(podCheckStart)
 	if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReadyOrSucceeded(c, systemNamespace, podNamesAfter, remaining) {
-		framework.Failf("At least one pod wasn't running and ready after the restart.")
+		e2elog.Failf("At least one pod wasn't running and ready after the restart.")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/volume/fixtures.go b/test/e2e/framework/volume/fixtures.go
index 14109726645..7e66c3f7c81 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/volume/fixtures.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/volume/fixtures.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func NewRBDServer(cs clientset.Interface, namespace string) (config TestConfig,
 
 	secret, err := cs.CoreV1().Secrets(config.Namespace).Create(secret)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create secrets for Ceph RBD: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create secrets for Ceph RBD: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return config, pod, secret, ip
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func TestVolumeClient(client clientset.Interface, config TestConfig, fsGroup *in
 	}
 	clientPod, err := podsNamespacer.Create(clientPod)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create %s pod: %v", clientPod.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create %s pod: %v", clientPod.Name, err)
 
 	}
 	framework.ExpectNoError(e2epod.WaitForPodRunningInNamespace(client, clientPod))
diff --git a/test/e2e/gke_local_ssd.go b/test/e2e/gke_local_ssd.go
index e1d4d1ce2bd..e343a886a6e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/gke_local_ssd.go
+++ b/test/e2e/gke_local_ssd.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func createNodePoolWithLocalSsds(nodePoolName string) {
 		fmt.Sprintf("--cluster=%s", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.Cluster),
 		"--local-ssd-count=1").CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create node pool %s: Err: %v\n%v", nodePoolName, err, string(out))
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create node pool %s: Err: %v\n%v", nodePoolName, err, string(out))
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("Successfully created node pool %s:\n%v", nodePoolName, string(out))
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/gke_node_pools.go b/test/e2e/gke_node_pools.go
index 4eb1173d135..d5376cd5f21 100644
--- a/test/e2e/gke_node_pools.go
+++ b/test/e2e/gke_node_pools.go
@@ -51,21 +51,21 @@ func testCreateDeleteNodePool(f *framework.Framework, poolName string) {
 		"--num-nodes=2").CombinedOutput()
 	e2elog.Logf("\n%s", string(out))
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create node pool %q. Err: %v\n%v", poolName, err, string(out))
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create node pool %q. Err: %v\n%v", poolName, err, string(out))
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("Successfully created node pool %q.", poolName)
 
 	out, err = exec.Command("gcloud", "container", "node-pools", "list",
 		clusterStr).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to list node pools from cluster %q. Err: %v\n%v", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.Cluster, err, string(out))
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to list node pools from cluster %q. Err: %v\n%v", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.Cluster, err, string(out))
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("Node pools:\n%s", string(out))
 
 	e2elog.Logf("Checking that 2 nodes have the correct node pool label.")
 	nodeCount := nodesWithPoolLabel(f, poolName)
 	if nodeCount != 2 {
-		framework.Failf("Wanted 2 nodes with node pool label, got: %v", nodeCount)
+		e2elog.Failf("Wanted 2 nodes with node pool label, got: %v", nodeCount)
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("Success, found 2 nodes with correct node pool labels.")
 
@@ -76,21 +76,21 @@ func testCreateDeleteNodePool(f *framework.Framework, poolName string) {
 		"-q").CombinedOutput()
 	e2elog.Logf("\n%s", string(out))
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to delete node pool %q. Err: %v\n%v", poolName, err, string(out))
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to delete node pool %q. Err: %v\n%v", poolName, err, string(out))
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("Successfully deleted node pool %q.", poolName)
 
 	out, err = exec.Command("gcloud", "container", "node-pools", "list",
 		clusterStr).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("\nFailed to list node pools from cluster %q. Err: %v\n%v", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.Cluster, err, string(out))
+		e2elog.Failf("\nFailed to list node pools from cluster %q. Err: %v\n%v", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.Cluster, err, string(out))
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("\nNode pools:\n%s", string(out))
 
 	e2elog.Logf("Checking that no nodes have the deleted node pool's label.")
 	nodeCount = nodesWithPoolLabel(f, poolName)
 	if nodeCount != 0 {
-		framework.Failf("Wanted 0 nodes with node pool label, got: %v", nodeCount)
+		e2elog.Failf("Wanted 0 nodes with node pool label, got: %v", nodeCount)
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("Success, found no nodes with the deleted node pool's label.")
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/elasticsearch/utils.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/elasticsearch/utils.go
index be5934f7ed9..274e62e8a0c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/elasticsearch/utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/elasticsearch/utils.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (p *esLogProvider) Init() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if int(statusCode) != 200 {
-		framework.Failf("Elasticsearch cluster has a bad status: %v", statusCode)
+		e2elog.Failf("Elasticsearch cluster has a bad status: %v", statusCode)
 	}
 
 	// Now assume we really are talking to an Elasticsearch instance.
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/generic_soak.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/generic_soak.go
index c2262640e72..e88f3397f9d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/generic_soak.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/generic_soak.go
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ func RunLogPodsWithSleepOf(f *framework.Framework, sleep time.Duration, podname
 	pods, err := logSoakVerification.WaitFor(totalPods, timeout+largeClusterForgiveness)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Error in wait... %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Error in wait... %v", err)
 	} else if len(pods) < totalPods {
-		framework.Failf("Only got %v out of %v", len(pods), totalPods)
+		e2elog.Failf("Only got %v out of %v", len(pods), totalPods)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/cadvisor.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/cadvisor.go
index 1af5e4b2a62..460ffbdc728 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/cadvisor.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/cadvisor.go
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ func CheckCadvisorHealthOnAllNodes(c clientset.Interface, timeout time.Duration)
 		e2elog.Logf("failed to retrieve kubelet stats -\n %v", errors)
 		time.Sleep(cadvisor.SleepDuration)
 	}
-	framework.Failf("Failed after retrying %d times for cadvisor to be healthy on all nodes. Errors:\n%v", maxRetries, errors)
+	e2elog.Failf("Failed after retrying %d times for cadvisor to be healthy on all nodes. Errors:\n%v", maxRetries, errors)
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/custom_metrics_stackdriver.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/custom_metrics_stackdriver.go
index ef658765a27..ad6dcebe22c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/custom_metrics_stackdriver.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/custom_metrics_stackdriver.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var _ = instrumentation.SIGDescribe("Stackdriver Monitoring", func() {
 		kubeClient := f.ClientSet
 		config, err := framework.LoadConfig()
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to load config: %s", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to load config: %s", err)
 		}
 		discoveryClient := discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie(config)
 		cachedDiscoClient := cacheddiscovery.NewMemCacheClient(discoveryClient)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ var _ = instrumentation.SIGDescribe("Stackdriver Monitoring", func() {
 		kubeClient := f.ClientSet
 		config, err := framework.LoadConfig()
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to load config: %s", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to load config: %s", err)
 		}
 		discoveryClient := discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie(config)
 		cachedDiscoClient := cacheddiscovery.NewMemCacheClient(discoveryClient)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var _ = instrumentation.SIGDescribe("Stackdriver Monitoring", func() {
 		kubeClient := f.ClientSet
 		config, err := framework.LoadConfig()
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to load config: %s", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to load config: %s", err)
 		}
 		externalMetricsClient := externalclient.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
 		testExternalMetrics(f, kubeClient, externalMetricsClient)
@@ -103,32 +103,32 @@ func testCustomMetrics(f *framework.Framework, kubeClient clientset.Interface, c
 
 	gcmService, err := gcm.New(client)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create gcm service, %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create gcm service, %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// Set up a cluster: create a custom metric and set up k8s-sd adapter
 	err = CreateDescriptors(gcmService, projectID)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create metric descriptor: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create metric descriptor: %s", err)
 	}
 	defer CleanupDescriptors(gcmService, projectID)
 
 	err = CreateAdapter(adapterDeployment)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to set up: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to set up: %s", err)
 	}
 	defer CleanupAdapter(adapterDeployment)
 
 	_, err = kubeClient.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Create(HPAPermissions)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create ClusterRoleBindings: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create ClusterRoleBindings: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer kubeClient.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Delete(HPAPermissions.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 
 	// Run application that exports the metric
 	_, err = createSDExporterPods(f, kubeClient)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create stackdriver-exporter pod: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create stackdriver-exporter pod: %s", err)
 	}
 	defer cleanupSDExporterPod(f, kubeClient)
 
@@ -149,33 +149,33 @@ func testExternalMetrics(f *framework.Framework, kubeClient clientset.Interface,
 
 	gcmService, err := gcm.New(client)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create gcm service, %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create gcm service, %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// Set up a cluster: create a custom metric and set up k8s-sd adapter
 	err = CreateDescriptors(gcmService, projectID)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create metric descriptor: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create metric descriptor: %s", err)
 	}
 	defer CleanupDescriptors(gcmService, projectID)
 
 	// Both deployments - for old and new resource model - expose External Metrics API.
 	err = CreateAdapter(AdapterForOldResourceModel)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to set up: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to set up: %s", err)
 	}
 	defer CleanupAdapter(AdapterForOldResourceModel)
 
 	_, err = kubeClient.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Create(HPAPermissions)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create ClusterRoleBindings: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create ClusterRoleBindings: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer kubeClient.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Delete(HPAPermissions.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 
 	// Run application that exports the metric
 	pod, err := createSDExporterPods(f, kubeClient)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create stackdriver-exporter pod: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create stackdriver-exporter pod: %s", err)
 	}
 	defer cleanupSDExporterPod(f, kubeClient)
 
@@ -190,34 +190,34 @@ func testExternalMetrics(f *framework.Framework, kubeClient clientset.Interface,
 func verifyResponsesFromCustomMetricsAPI(f *framework.Framework, customMetricsClient customclient.CustomMetricsClient, discoveryClient *discovery.DiscoveryClient) {
 	resources, err := discoveryClient.ServerResourcesForGroupVersion("custom.metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1")
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to retrieve a list of supported metrics: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to retrieve a list of supported metrics: %s", err)
 	}
 	if !containsResource(resources.APIResources, "*/custom.googleapis.com|"+CustomMetricName) {
-		framework.Failf("Metric '%s' expected but not received", CustomMetricName)
+		e2elog.Failf("Metric '%s' expected but not received", CustomMetricName)
 	}
 	if !containsResource(resources.APIResources, "*/custom.googleapis.com|"+UnusedMetricName) {
-		framework.Failf("Metric '%s' expected but not received", UnusedMetricName)
+		e2elog.Failf("Metric '%s' expected but not received", UnusedMetricName)
 	}
 	value, err := customMetricsClient.NamespacedMetrics(f.Namespace.Name).GetForObject(schema.GroupKind{Group: "", Kind: "Pod"}, stackdriverExporterPod1, CustomMetricName, labels.NewSelector())
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed query: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed query: %s", err)
 	}
 	if value.Value.Value() != CustomMetricValue {
-		framework.Failf("Unexpected metric value for metric %s: expected %v but received %v", CustomMetricName, CustomMetricValue, value.Value)
+		e2elog.Failf("Unexpected metric value for metric %s: expected %v but received %v", CustomMetricName, CustomMetricValue, value.Value)
 	}
 	filter, err := labels.NewRequirement("name", selection.Equals, []string{stackdriverExporterLabel})
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Couldn't create a label filter")
+		e2elog.Failf("Couldn't create a label filter")
 	}
 	values, err := customMetricsClient.NamespacedMetrics(f.Namespace.Name).GetForObjects(schema.GroupKind{Group: "", Kind: "Pod"}, labels.NewSelector().Add(*filter), CustomMetricName, labels.NewSelector())
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed query: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed query: %s", err)
 	}
 	if len(values.Items) != 1 {
-		framework.Failf("Expected results for exactly 1 pod, but %v results received", len(values.Items))
+		e2elog.Failf("Expected results for exactly 1 pod, but %v results received", len(values.Items))
 	}
 	if values.Items[0].DescribedObject.Name != stackdriverExporterPod1 || values.Items[0].Value.Value() != CustomMetricValue {
-		framework.Failf("Unexpected metric value for metric %s and pod %s: %v", CustomMetricName, values.Items[0].DescribedObject.Name, values.Items[0].Value.Value())
+		e2elog.Failf("Unexpected metric value for metric %s and pod %s: %v", CustomMetricName, values.Items[0].DescribedObject.Name, values.Items[0].Value.Value())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -242,16 +242,16 @@ func verifyResponseFromExternalMetricsAPI(f *framework.Framework, externalMetric
 		NamespacedMetrics("dummy").
 		List("custom.googleapis.com|"+CustomMetricName, labels.NewSelector().Add(*req1, *req2, *req3, *req4, *req5))
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed query: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed query: %s", err)
 	}
 	if len(values.Items) != 1 {
-		framework.Failf("Expected exactly one external metric value, but % values received", len(values.Items))
+		e2elog.Failf("Expected exactly one external metric value, but % values received", len(values.Items))
 	}
 	if values.Items[0].MetricName != "custom.googleapis.com|"+CustomMetricName ||
 		values.Items[0].Value.Value() != CustomMetricValue ||
 		// Check one label just to make sure labels are included
 		values.Items[0].MetricLabels["resource.labels.pod_id"] != string(pod.UID) {
-		framework.Failf("Unexpected result for metric %s: %v", CustomMetricName, values.Items[0])
+		e2elog.Failf("Unexpected result for metric %s: %v", CustomMetricName, values.Items[0])
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/prometheus.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/prometheus.go
index 2c46ef719ae..1449b4e2214 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/prometheus.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/prometheus.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func getInstanceLabelsAvailableForMetric(c clientset.Interface, duration time.Du
 	instanceLabels := make([]string, 0)
 	m, ok := result.(model.Matrix)
 	if !ok {
-		framework.Failf("Expected matrix response for query '%v', got: %T", query, result)
+		e2elog.Failf("Expected matrix response for query '%v', got: %T", query, result)
 		return instanceLabels, nil
 	}
 	for _, stream := range m {
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ func retryUntilSucceeds(validator func() error, timeout time.Duration) {
 		e2elog.Logf(err.Error())
 		time.Sleep(prometheusSleepBetweenAttempts)
 	}
-	framework.Failf(err.Error())
+	e2elog.Failf(err.Error())
 }
 
 func getAllNodes(c clientset.Interface) ([]string, error) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver.go
index 01805628e67..7e67ec6d912 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func testStackdriverMonitoring(f *framework.Framework, pods, allPodsCPU int, per
 		ts, err := google.DefaultTokenSource(oauth2.NoContext)
 		e2elog.Logf("Couldn't get application default credentials, %v", err)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error accessing application default credentials, %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error accessing application default credentials, %v", err)
 		}
 		client := oauth2.NewClient(oauth2.NoContext, ts)
 	*/
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver_metadata_agent.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver_metadata_agent.go
index 8d8e197454e..a25e0a6d4b5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver_metadata_agent.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver_metadata_agent.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	instrumentation "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/instrumentation/common"
 )
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ func testAgent(f *framework.Framework, kubeClient clientset.Interface) {
 
 	oauthClient, err := google.DefaultClient(context.Background(), MonitoringScope)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create oauth client: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create oauth client: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	// Create test pod with unique name.
@@ -82,22 +83,22 @@ func testAgent(f *framework.Framework, kubeClient clientset.Interface) {
 
 	resp, err := oauthClient.Get(endpoint)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to call Stackdriver Metadata API %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to call Stackdriver Metadata API %s", err)
 	}
 	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-		framework.Failf("Stackdriver Metadata API returned error status: %s", resp.Status)
+		e2elog.Failf("Stackdriver Metadata API returned error status: %s", resp.Status)
 	}
 	metadataAPIResponse, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to read response from Stackdriver Metadata API: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to read response from Stackdriver Metadata API: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	exists, err := verifyPodExists(metadataAPIResponse, uniqueContainerName)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to process response from Stackdriver Metadata API: %s", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to process response from Stackdriver Metadata API: %s", err)
 	}
 	if !exists {
-		framework.Failf("Missing Metadata for container %q", uniqueContainerName)
+		e2elog.Failf("Missing Metadata for container %q", uniqueContainerName)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
index 0556e030d8b..d3c20d6b51e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -185,17 +185,17 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl alpha client", func() {
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the CronJob " + cjName + " was created")
 			sj, err := c.BatchV1beta1().CronJobs(ns).Get(cjName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting CronJob %s: %v", cjName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting CronJob %s: %v", cjName, err)
 			}
 			if sj.Spec.Schedule != schedule {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating a CronJob with correct schedule %s", schedule)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating a CronJob with correct schedule %s", schedule)
 			}
 			containers := sj.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers
 			if checkContainersImage(containers, busyboxImage) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating CronJob %s for 1 pod with expected image %s: %#v", cjName, busyboxImage, containers)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating CronJob %s for 1 pod with expected image %s: %#v", cjName, busyboxImage, containers)
 			}
 			if sj.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec.RestartPolicy != v1.RestartPolicyOnFailure {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating a CronJob with correct restart policy for --restart=OnFailure")
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating a CronJob with correct restart policy for --restart=OnFailure")
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 		if err != nil || len(pods) < atLeast {
 			// TODO: Generalize integrating debug info into these tests so we always get debug info when we need it
 			framework.DumpAllNamespaceInfo(f.ClientSet, ns)
-			framework.Failf("Verified %d of %d pods , error: %v", len(pods), atLeast, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Verified %d of %d pods , error: %v", len(pods), atLeast, err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 			ginkgo.By("executing a command in the container")
 			execOutput := framework.RunKubectlOrDie("exec", fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%v", ns), simplePodName, "echo", "running", "in", "container")
 			if e, a := "running in container", strings.TrimSpace(execOutput); e != a {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got %q", e, a)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got %q", e, a)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("executing a very long command in the container")
@@ -395,13 +395,13 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 				WithStdinData("abcd1234").
 				ExecOrDie()
 			if e, a := "abcd1234", execOutput; e != a {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got %q", e, a)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got %q", e, a)
 			}
 
 			// pretend that we're a user in an interactive shell
 			r, closer, err := newBlockingReader("echo hi\nexit\n")
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Error creating blocking reader: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Error creating blocking reader: %v", err)
 			}
 			// NOTE this is solely for test cleanup!
 			defer closer.Close()
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 				WithStdinReader(r).
 				ExecOrDie()
 			if e, a := "hi", strings.TrimSpace(execOutput); e != a {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got %q", e, a)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got %q", e, a)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -419,14 +419,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 			ginkgo.By("executing a command in the container")
 			execOutput := framework.RunKubectlOrDie("exec", fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%v", ns), simplePodResourceName, "echo", "running", "in", "container")
 			if e, a := "running in container", strings.TrimSpace(execOutput); e != a {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got %q", e, a)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got %q", e, a)
 			}
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.It("should support exec through an HTTP proxy", func() {
 			// Fail if the variable isn't set
 			if framework.TestContext.Host == "" {
-				framework.Failf("--host variable must be set to the full URI to the api server on e2e run.")
+				e2elog.Failf("--host variable must be set to the full URI to the api server on e2e run.")
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("Starting goproxy")
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 				// Verify we got the normal output captured by the exec server
 				expectedExecOutput := "running in container\n"
 				if output != expectedExecOutput {
-					framework.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got  %q", expectedExecOutput, output)
+					e2elog.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got  %q", expectedExecOutput, output)
 				}
 
 				// Verify the proxy server logs saw the connection
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 
 				proxyLog := proxyLogs.String()
 				if !strings.Contains(proxyLog, expectedProxyLog) {
-					framework.Failf("Missing expected log result on proxy server for %s. Expected: %q, got %q", proxyVar, expectedProxyLog, proxyLog)
+					e2elog.Failf("Missing expected log result on proxy server for %s. Expected: %q, got %q", proxyVar, expectedProxyLog, proxyLog)
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 		ginkgo.It("should support exec through kubectl proxy", func() {
 			// Fail if the variable isn't set
 			if framework.TestContext.Host == "" {
-				framework.Failf("--host variable must be set to the full URI to the api server on e2e run.")
+				e2elog.Failf("--host variable must be set to the full URI to the api server on e2e run.")
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("Starting kubectl proxy")
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 			// Verify we got the normal output captured by the exec server
 			expectedExecOutput := "running in container\n"
 			if output != expectedExecOutput {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got  %q", expectedExecOutput, output)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected kubectl exec output. Wanted %q, got  %q", expectedExecOutput, output)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 			// to loop test.
 			err = wait.PollImmediate(time.Second, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 				if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReady(c, ns, []string{runTestPod.Name}, 1*time.Second) {
-					framework.Failf("Pod %q of Job %q should still be running", runTestPod.Name, "run-test")
+					e2elog.Failf("Pod %q of Job %q should still be running", runTestPod.Name, "run-test")
 				}
 				logOutput := framework.RunKubectlOrDie(nsFlag, "logs", runTestPod.Name)
 				gomega.Expect(runOutput).To(gomega.ContainSubstring("abcd1234"))
@@ -569,14 +569,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 			runTestPod, _, err = polymorphichelpers.GetFirstPod(f.ClientSet.CoreV1(), ns, "run=run-test-3", 1*time.Minute, g)
 			gomega.Expect(err).To(gomega.BeNil())
 			if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReady(c, ns, []string{runTestPod.Name}, time.Minute) {
-				framework.Failf("Pod %q of Job %q should still be running", runTestPod.Name, "run-test-3")
+				e2elog.Failf("Pod %q of Job %q should still be running", runTestPod.Name, "run-test-3")
 			}
 
 			// NOTE: we cannot guarantee our output showed up in the container logs before stdin was closed, so we have
 			// to loop test.
 			err = wait.PollImmediate(time.Second, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 				if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReady(c, ns, []string{runTestPod.Name}, 1*time.Second) {
-					framework.Failf("Pod %q of Job %q should still be running", runTestPod.Name, "run-test-3")
+					e2elog.Failf("Pod %q of Job %q should still be running", runTestPod.Name, "run-test-3")
 				}
 				logOutput := framework.RunKubectlOrDie(nsFlag, "logs", runTestPod.Name)
 				gomega.Expect(logOutput).ToNot(gomega.ContainSubstring("stdin closed"))
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 			framework.RunKubectlOrDie("run", podName, "--generator=run-pod/v1", "--image="+busyboxImage, "--restart=OnFailure", nsFlag, "--", "sh", "-c", "sleep 10; seq 100 | while read i; do echo $i; sleep 0.01; done; echo EOF")
 
 			if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReady(c, ns, []string{podName}, framework.PodStartTimeout) {
-				framework.Failf("Pod for run-log-test was not ready")
+				e2elog.Failf("Pod for run-log-test was not ready")
 			}
 
 			logOutput := framework.RunKubectlOrDie(nsFlag, "logs", "-f", "run-log-test")
@@ -612,10 +612,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 			body, err := curl(localAddr)
 			e2elog.Logf("got: %s", body)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed http.Get of forwarded port (%s): %v", localAddr, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed http.Get of forwarded port (%s): %v", localAddr, err)
 			}
 			if !strings.Contains(body, nginxDefaultOutput) {
-				framework.Failf("Container port output missing expected value. Wanted:'%s', got: %s", nginxDefaultOutput, body)
+				e2elog.Failf("Container port output missing expected value. Wanted:'%s', got: %s", nginxDefaultOutput, body)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("validating api versions")
 			output := framework.RunKubectlOrDie("api-versions")
 			if !strings.Contains(output, "v1") {
-				framework.Failf("No v1 in kubectl api-versions")
+				e2elog.Failf("No v1 in kubectl api-versions")
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ metadata:
 
 			ginkgo.By("checking the result")
 			if originalNodePort != currentNodePort {
-				framework.Failf("port should keep the same")
+				e2elog.Failf("port should keep the same")
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ metadata:
 			output := framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(deployment1Yaml, "apply", "view-last-applied", "-f", "-", nsFlag, "-o", "json")
 			requiredString := "\"replicas\": 2"
 			if !strings.Contains(output, requiredString) {
-				framework.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl view-last-applied", requiredString)
+				e2elog.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl view-last-applied", requiredString)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("apply file doesn't have replicas")
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ metadata:
 			output = framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(deployment1Yaml, "apply", "view-last-applied", "-f", "-", nsFlag, "-o", "json")
 			requiredString = "\"replicas\": 2"
 			if strings.Contains(output, requiredString) {
-				framework.Failf("Presenting %s in kubectl view-last-applied", requiredString)
+				e2elog.Failf("Presenting %s in kubectl view-last-applied", requiredString)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("scale set replicas to 3")
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ metadata:
 			requiredItems := []string{"\"replicas\": 3", imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.Nginx)}
 			for _, item := range requiredItems {
 				if !strings.Contains(output, item) {
-					framework.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl apply", item)
+					e2elog.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl apply", item)
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ metadata:
 	schemaForGVK := func(desiredGVK schema.GroupVersionKind) *openapi_v2.Schema {
 		d, err := f.ClientSet.Discovery().OpenAPISchema()
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("%v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("%v", err)
 		}
 		if d == nil || d.Definitions == nil {
 			return nil
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("create CRD with no validation schema")
 			crd, err := crd.CreateTestCRD(f)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("failed to create test CRD: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("failed to create test CRD: %v", err)
 			}
 			defer crd.CleanUp()
 
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ metadata:
 			meta := fmt.Sprintf(metaPattern, crd.Crd.Spec.Names.Kind, crd.Crd.Spec.Group, crd.Crd.Spec.Versions[0].Name, "test-cr")
 			randomCR := fmt.Sprintf(`{%s,"a":{"b":[{"c":"d"}]}}`, meta)
 			if err := createApplyCustomResource(randomCR, f.Namespace.Name, "test-cr", crd); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("%v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("%v", err)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -928,12 +928,12 @@ metadata:
 			crd, err := crd.CreateTestCRD(f, func(crd *v1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition) {
 				props := &v1beta1.JSONSchemaProps{}
 				if err := yaml.Unmarshal(schemaFoo, props); err != nil {
-					framework.Failf("failed to unmarshal schema: %v", err)
+					e2elog.Failf("failed to unmarshal schema: %v", err)
 				}
 				crd.Spec.Validation = &v1beta1.CustomResourceValidation{OpenAPIV3Schema: props}
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("failed to create test CRD: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("failed to create test CRD: %v", err)
 			}
 			defer crd.CleanUp()
 
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ metadata:
 			meta := fmt.Sprintf(metaPattern, crd.Crd.Spec.Names.Kind, crd.Crd.Spec.Group, crd.Crd.Spec.Versions[0].Name, "test-cr")
 			validCR := fmt.Sprintf(`{%s,"spec":{"bars":[{"name":"test-bar"}]}}`, meta)
 			if err := createApplyCustomResource(validCR, f.Namespace.Name, "test-cr", crd); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("%v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("%v", err)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -952,12 +952,12 @@ metadata:
 			crd, err := crd.CreateTestCRD(f, func(crd *v1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition) {
 				props := &v1beta1.JSONSchemaProps{}
 				if err := yaml.Unmarshal(schemaFoo, props); err != nil {
-					framework.Failf("failed to unmarshal schema: %v", err)
+					e2elog.Failf("failed to unmarshal schema: %v", err)
 				}
 				crd.Spec.Validation = &v1beta1.CustomResourceValidation{OpenAPIV3Schema: props}
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("failed to create test CRD: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("failed to create test CRD: %v", err)
 			}
 			defer crd.CleanUp()
 
@@ -980,11 +980,11 @@ metadata:
 			validArbitraryCR := fmt.Sprintf(`{%s,"spec":{"bars":[{"name":"test-bar"}],"extraProperty":"arbitrary-value"}}`, meta)
 			if err := createApplyCustomResource(validArbitraryCR, f.Namespace.Name, "test-cr", crd); err != nil {
 				if expectSuccess {
-					framework.Failf("%v", err)
+					e2elog.Failf("%v", err)
 				}
 			} else {
 				if !expectSuccess {
-					framework.Failf("expected error, got none")
+					e2elog.Failf("expected error, got none")
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ metadata:
 			requiredItems := []string{"Kubernetes master", "is running at"}
 			for _, item := range requiredItems {
 				if !strings.Contains(output, item) {
-					framework.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl cluster-info", item)
+					e2elog.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl cluster-info", item)
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -1168,11 +1168,11 @@ metadata:
 						return false, nil
 					}
 					if len(uidToPort) > 1 {
-						framework.Failf("Too many endpoints found")
+						e2elog.Failf("Too many endpoints found")
 					}
 					for _, port := range uidToPort {
 						if port[0] != redisPort {
-							framework.Failf("Wrong endpoint port: %d", port[0])
+							e2elog.Failf("Wrong endpoint port: %d", port[0])
 						}
 					}
 					return true, nil
@@ -1183,14 +1183,14 @@ metadata:
 				framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
 				if len(service.Spec.Ports) != 1 {
-					framework.Failf("1 port is expected")
+					e2elog.Failf("1 port is expected")
 				}
 				port := service.Spec.Ports[0]
 				if port.Port != int32(servicePort) {
-					framework.Failf("Wrong service port: %d", port.Port)
+					e2elog.Failf("Wrong service port: %d", port.Port)
 				}
 				if port.TargetPort.IntValue() != redisPort {
-					framework.Failf("Wrong target port: %d", port.TargetPort.IntValue())
+					e2elog.Failf("Wrong target port: %d", port.TargetPort.IntValue())
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the pod has the label " + labelName + " with the value " + labelValue)
 			output := framework.RunKubectlOrDie("get", "pod", pausePodName, "-L", labelName, nsFlag)
 			if !strings.Contains(output, labelValue) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed updating label " + labelName + " to the pod " + pausePodName)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed updating label " + labelName + " to the pod " + pausePodName)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("removing the label " + labelName + " of a pod")
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the pod doesn't have the label " + labelName)
 			output = framework.RunKubectlOrDie("get", "pod", pausePodName, "-L", labelName, nsFlag)
 			if strings.Contains(output, labelValue) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed removing label " + labelName + " of the pod " + pausePodName)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed removing label " + labelName + " of the pod " + pausePodName)
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ metadata:
 			podSource := fmt.Sprintf("%s:/root/foo/bar/foo.bar", busyboxPodName)
 			tempDestination, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "copy-foobar")
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating temporary destination file: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating temporary destination file: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("specifying a remote filepath " + podSource + " on the pod")
@@ -1279,10 +1279,10 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying that the contents of the remote file " + podSource + " have been copied to a local file " + tempDestination.Name())
 			localData, err := ioutil.ReadAll(tempDestination)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed reading temporary local file: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed reading temporary local file: %v", err)
 			}
 			if string(localData) != remoteContents {
-				framework.Failf("Failed copying remote file contents. Expected %s but got %s", remoteContents, string(localData))
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed copying remote file contents. Expected %s but got %s", remoteContents, string(localData))
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ metadata:
 				gomega.Expect(len(words)).To(gomega.BeNumerically(">", 1))
 				if _, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, words[0]); err != nil {
 					if _, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, words[0]); err != nil {
-						framework.Failf("expected %q to be RFC3339 or RFC3339Nano", words[0])
+						e2elog.Failf("expected %q to be RFC3339 or RFC3339Nano", words[0])
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ metadata:
 					}
 				}
 				if !found {
-					framework.Failf("Added annotation not found")
+					e2elog.Failf("Added annotation not found")
 				}
 			})
 		})
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ metadata:
 			requiredItems := []string{"Client Version:", "Server Version:", "Major:", "Minor:", "GitCommit:"}
 			for _, item := range requiredItems {
 				if !strings.Contains(version, item) {
-					framework.Failf("Required item %s not found in %s", item, version)
+					e2elog.Failf("Required item %s not found in %s", item, version)
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -1441,12 +1441,12 @@ metadata:
 			label := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{"run": name}))
 			podlist, err := e2epod.WaitForPodsWithLabel(c, ns, label)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting pod controlled by %s: %v", name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting pod controlled by %s: %v", name, err)
 			}
 			pods := podlist.Items
 			if pods == nil || len(pods) != 1 || len(pods[0].Spec.Containers) != 1 || pods[0].Spec.Containers[0].Image != nginxImage {
 				framework.RunKubectlOrDie("get", "pods", "-L", "run", nsFlag)
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating 1 pod with expected image %s. Number of pods = %v", nginxImage, len(pods))
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating 1 pod with expected image %s. Number of pods = %v", nginxImage, len(pods))
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1475,23 +1475,23 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the rc " + rcName + " was created")
 			rc, err := c.CoreV1().ReplicationControllers(ns).Get(rcName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting rc %s: %v", rcName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting rc %s: %v", rcName, err)
 			}
 			containers := rc.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers
 			if checkContainersImage(containers, nginxImage) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating rc %s for 1 pod with expected image %s", rcName, nginxImage)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating rc %s for 1 pod with expected image %s", rcName, nginxImage)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the pod controlled by rc " + rcName + " was created")
 			label := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{"run": rcName}))
 			podlist, err := e2epod.WaitForPodsWithLabel(c, ns, label)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting pod controlled by rc %s: %v", rcName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting pod controlled by rc %s: %v", rcName, err)
 			}
 			pods := podlist.Items
 			if pods == nil || len(pods) != 1 || len(pods[0].Spec.Containers) != 1 || pods[0].Spec.Containers[0].Image != nginxImage {
 				framework.RunKubectlOrDie("get", "pods", "-L", "run", nsFlag)
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating 1 pod with expected image %s. Number of pods = %v", nginxImage, len(pods))
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating 1 pod with expected image %s. Number of pods = %v", nginxImage, len(pods))
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("confirm that you can get logs from an rc")
@@ -1500,12 +1500,12 @@ metadata:
 				podNames = append(podNames, pod.Name)
 			}
 			if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReady(c, ns, podNames, framework.PodStartTimeout) {
-				framework.Failf("Pods for rc %s were not ready", rcName)
+				e2elog.Failf("Pods for rc %s were not ready", rcName)
 			}
 			_, err = framework.RunKubectl("logs", "rc/"+rcName, nsFlag)
 			// a non-nil error is fine as long as we actually found a pod.
 			if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), " in pod ") {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting logs by rc %s: %v", rcName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting logs by rc %s: %v", rcName, err)
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1536,11 +1536,11 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the rc " + rcName + " was created")
 			rc, err := c.CoreV1().ReplicationControllers(ns).Get(rcName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting rc %s: %v", rcName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting rc %s: %v", rcName, err)
 			}
 			containers := rc.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers
 			if checkContainersImage(containers, nginxImage) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating rc %s for 1 pod with expected image %s", rcName, nginxImage)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating rc %s for 1 pod with expected image %s", rcName, nginxImage)
 			}
 			framework.WaitForRCToStabilize(c, ns, rcName, framework.PodStartTimeout)
 
@@ -1586,23 +1586,23 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the deployment " + dName + " was created")
 			d, err := c.AppsV1().Deployments(ns).Get(dName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting deployment %s: %v", dName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting deployment %s: %v", dName, err)
 			}
 			containers := d.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers
 			if checkContainersImage(containers, nginxImage) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating deployment %s for 1 pod with expected image %s", dName, nginxImage)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating deployment %s for 1 pod with expected image %s", dName, nginxImage)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the pod controlled by deployment " + dName + " was created")
 			label := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{"run": dName}))
 			podlist, err := e2epod.WaitForPodsWithLabel(c, ns, label)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting pod controlled by deployment %s: %v", dName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting pod controlled by deployment %s: %v", dName, err)
 			}
 			pods := podlist.Items
 			if pods == nil || len(pods) != 1 || len(pods[0].Spec.Containers) != 1 || pods[0].Spec.Containers[0].Image != nginxImage {
 				framework.RunKubectlOrDie("get", "pods", "-L", "run", nsFlag)
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating 1 pod with expected image %s. Number of pods = %v", nginxImage, len(pods))
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating 1 pod with expected image %s. Number of pods = %v", nginxImage, len(pods))
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1631,14 +1631,14 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the job " + jobName + " was created")
 			job, err := c.BatchV1().Jobs(ns).Get(jobName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting job %s: %v", jobName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting job %s: %v", jobName, err)
 			}
 			containers := job.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers
 			if checkContainersImage(containers, nginxImage) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating job %s for 1 pod with expected image %s: %#v", jobName, nginxImage, containers)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating job %s for 1 pod with expected image %s: %#v", jobName, nginxImage, containers)
 			}
 			if job.Spec.Template.Spec.RestartPolicy != v1.RestartPolicyOnFailure {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating a job with correct restart policy for --restart=OnFailure")
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating a job with correct restart policy for --restart=OnFailure")
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1665,17 +1665,17 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the CronJob " + cjName + " was created")
 			cj, err := c.BatchV1beta1().CronJobs(ns).Get(cjName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting CronJob %s: %v", cjName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting CronJob %s: %v", cjName, err)
 			}
 			if cj.Spec.Schedule != schedule {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating a CronJob with correct schedule %s", schedule)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating a CronJob with correct schedule %s", schedule)
 			}
 			containers := cj.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers
 			if checkContainersImage(containers, busyboxImage) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating CronJob %s for 1 pod with expected image %s: %#v", cjName, busyboxImage, containers)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating CronJob %s for 1 pod with expected image %s: %#v", cjName, busyboxImage, containers)
 			}
 			if cj.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec.RestartPolicy != v1.RestartPolicyOnFailure {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating a CronJob with correct restart policy for --restart=OnFailure")
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating a CronJob with correct restart policy for --restart=OnFailure")
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1704,14 +1704,14 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the pod " + podName + " was created")
 			pod, err := c.CoreV1().Pods(ns).Get(podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting pod %s: %v", podName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting pod %s: %v", podName, err)
 			}
 			containers := pod.Spec.Containers
 			if checkContainersImage(containers, nginxImage) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating pod %s with expected image %s", podName, nginxImage)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating pod %s with expected image %s", podName, nginxImage)
 			}
 			if pod.Spec.RestartPolicy != v1.RestartPolicyNever {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating a pod with correct restart policy for --restart=Never")
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating a pod with correct restart policy for --restart=Never")
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1742,13 +1742,13 @@ metadata:
 			label := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{"run": podName}))
 			err := testutils.WaitForPodsWithLabelRunning(c, ns, label)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting pod %s: %v", podName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting pod %s: %v", podName, err)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the pod " + podName + " was created")
 			podJSON := framework.RunKubectlOrDie("get", "pod", podName, nsFlag, "-o", "json")
 			if !strings.Contains(podJSON, podName) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to find pod %s in [%s]", podName, podJSON)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to find pod %s in [%s]", podName, podJSON)
 			}
 
 			ginkgo.By("replace the image in the pod")
@@ -1758,11 +1758,11 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the pod " + podName + " has the right image " + busyboxImage)
 			pod, err := c.CoreV1().Pods(ns).Get(podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting deployment %s: %v", podName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting deployment %s: %v", podName, err)
 			}
 			containers := pod.Spec.Containers
 			if checkContainersImage(containers, busyboxImage) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed creating pod with expected image %s", busyboxImage)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed creating pod with expected image %s", busyboxImage)
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1812,16 +1812,16 @@ metadata:
 				defer framework.TryKill(cmd)
 			}
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to start proxy server: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to start proxy server: %v", err)
 			}
 			ginkgo.By("curling proxy /api/ output")
 			localAddr := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d/api/", port)
 			apiVersions, err := getAPIVersions(localAddr)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Expected at least one supported apiversion, got error %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected at least one supported apiversion, got error %v", err)
 			}
 			if len(apiVersions.Versions) < 1 {
-				framework.Failf("Expected at least one supported apiversion, got %v", apiVersions)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected at least one supported apiversion, got %v", apiVersions)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("Starting the proxy")
 			tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "kubectl-proxy-unix")
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to create temporary directory: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to create temporary directory: %v", err)
 			}
 			path := filepath.Join(tmpdir, "test")
 			defer os.Remove(path)
@@ -1842,19 +1842,19 @@ metadata:
 			cmd := framework.KubectlCmd("proxy", fmt.Sprintf("--unix-socket=%s", path))
 			stdout, stderr, err := framework.StartCmdAndStreamOutput(cmd)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to start kubectl command: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to start kubectl command: %v", err)
 			}
 			defer stdout.Close()
 			defer stderr.Close()
 			defer framework.TryKill(cmd)
 			buf := make([]byte, 128)
 			if _, err = stdout.Read(buf); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Expected output from kubectl proxy: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected output from kubectl proxy: %v", err)
 			}
 			ginkgo.By("retrieving proxy /api/ output")
 			_, err = curlUnix("http://unused/api", path)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed get of /api at %s: %v", path, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed get of /api at %s: %v", path, err)
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the node doesn't have the taint " + testTaint.Key)
 			output = runKubectlRetryOrDie("describe", "node", nodeName)
 			if strings.Contains(output, testTaint.Key) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed removing taint " + testTaint.Key + " of the node " + nodeName)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed removing taint " + testTaint.Key + " of the node " + nodeName)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying the node doesn't have the taints that have the same key " + testTaint.Key)
 			output = runKubectlRetryOrDie("describe", "node", nodeName)
 			if strings.Contains(output, testTaint.Key) {
-				framework.Failf("Failed removing taints " + testTaint.Key + " of the node " + nodeName)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed removing taints " + testTaint.Key + " of the node " + nodeName)
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -1972,22 +1972,22 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying that the quota was created")
 			quota, err := c.CoreV1().ResourceQuotas(ns).Get(quotaName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting quota %s: %v", quotaName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting quota %s: %v", quotaName, err)
 			}
 
 			if len(quota.Spec.Scopes) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Expected empty scopes, got %v", quota.Spec.Scopes)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected empty scopes, got %v", quota.Spec.Scopes)
 			}
 			if len(quota.Spec.Hard) != 2 {
-				framework.Failf("Expected two resources, got %v", quota.Spec.Hard)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected two resources, got %v", quota.Spec.Hard)
 			}
 			r, found := quota.Spec.Hard[v1.ResourcePods]
 			if expected := resource.MustParse("1000000"); !found || (&r).Cmp(expected) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Expected pods=1000000, got %v", r)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected pods=1000000, got %v", r)
 			}
 			r, found = quota.Spec.Hard[v1.ResourceServices]
 			if expected := resource.MustParse("1000000"); !found || (&r).Cmp(expected) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Expected services=1000000, got %v", r)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected services=1000000, got %v", r)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -2001,21 +2001,21 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("verifying that the quota was created")
 			quota, err := c.CoreV1().ResourceQuotas(ns).Get(quotaName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed getting quota %s: %v", quotaName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed getting quota %s: %v", quotaName, err)
 			}
 
 			if len(quota.Spec.Scopes) != 2 {
-				framework.Failf("Expected two scopes, got %v", quota.Spec.Scopes)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected two scopes, got %v", quota.Spec.Scopes)
 			}
 			scopes := make(map[v1.ResourceQuotaScope]struct{})
 			for _, scope := range quota.Spec.Scopes {
 				scopes[scope] = struct{}{}
 			}
 			if _, found := scopes[v1.ResourceQuotaScopeBestEffort]; !found {
-				framework.Failf("Expected BestEffort scope, got %v", quota.Spec.Scopes)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected BestEffort scope, got %v", quota.Spec.Scopes)
 			}
 			if _, found := scopes[v1.ResourceQuotaScopeNotTerminating]; !found {
-				framework.Failf("Expected NotTerminating scope, got %v", quota.Spec.Scopes)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected NotTerminating scope, got %v", quota.Spec.Scopes)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ metadata:
 			ginkgo.By("calling kubectl quota")
 			out, err := framework.RunKubectl("create", "quota", quotaName, "--hard=hard=pods=1000000", "--scopes=Foo", nsFlag)
 			if err == nil {
-				framework.Failf("Expected kubectl to fail, but it succeeded: %s", out)
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected kubectl to fail, but it succeeded: %s", out)
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -2055,7 +2055,7 @@ func checkOutputReturnError(output string, required [][]string) error {
 func checkOutput(output string, required [][]string) {
 	err := checkOutputReturnError(output, required)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("%v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("%v", err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2072,7 +2072,7 @@ func checkKubectlOutputWithRetry(required [][]string, args ...string) {
 		return true, nil
 	})
 	if pollErr != nil {
-		framework.Failf("%v", pollErr)
+		e2elog.Failf("%v", pollErr)
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -2153,17 +2153,17 @@ func validateGuestbookApp(c clientset.Interface, ns string) {
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	e2elog.Logf("Waiting for frontend to serve content.")
 	if !waitForGuestbookResponse(c, "get", "", `{"data": ""}`, guestbookStartupTimeout, ns) {
-		framework.Failf("Frontend service did not start serving content in %v seconds.", guestbookStartupTimeout.Seconds())
+		e2elog.Failf("Frontend service did not start serving content in %v seconds.", guestbookStartupTimeout.Seconds())
 	}
 
 	e2elog.Logf("Trying to add a new entry to the guestbook.")
 	if !waitForGuestbookResponse(c, "set", "TestEntry", `{"message": "Updated"}`, guestbookResponseTimeout, ns) {
-		framework.Failf("Cannot added new entry in %v seconds.", guestbookResponseTimeout.Seconds())
+		e2elog.Failf("Cannot added new entry in %v seconds.", guestbookResponseTimeout.Seconds())
 	}
 
 	e2elog.Logf("Verifying that added entry can be retrieved.")
 	if !waitForGuestbookResponse(c, "get", "", `{"data": "TestEntry"}`, guestbookResponseTimeout, ns) {
-		framework.Failf("Entry to guestbook wasn't correctly added in %v seconds.", guestbookResponseTimeout.Seconds())
+		e2elog.Failf("Entry to guestbook wasn't correctly added in %v seconds.", guestbookResponseTimeout.Seconds())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ const applyTestLabel = "kubectl.kubernetes.io/apply-test"
 func readReplicationControllerFromString(contents string) *v1.ReplicationController {
 	rc := v1.ReplicationController{}
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(contents), &rc); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf(err.Error())
+		e2elog.Failf(err.Error())
 	}
 
 	return &rc
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@ func modifyReplicationControllerConfiguration(contents string) io.Reader {
 	rc.Spec.Template.Labels[applyTestLabel] = "ADDED"
 	data, err := json.Marshal(rc)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("json marshal failed: %s\n", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("json marshal failed: %s\n", err)
 	}
 
 	return bytes.NewReader(data)
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ func forEachReplicationController(c clientset.Interface, ns, selectorKey, select
 	}
 
 	if rcs == nil || len(rcs.Items) == 0 {
-		framework.Failf("No replication controllers found")
+		e2elog.Failf("No replication controllers found")
 	}
 
 	for _, rc := range rcs.Items {
@@ -2253,11 +2253,11 @@ func forEachReplicationController(c clientset.Interface, ns, selectorKey, select
 func validateReplicationControllerConfiguration(rc v1.ReplicationController) {
 	if rc.Name == "redis-master" {
 		if _, ok := rc.Annotations[v1.LastAppliedConfigAnnotation]; !ok {
-			framework.Failf("Annotation not found in modified configuration:\n%v\n", rc)
+			e2elog.Failf("Annotation not found in modified configuration:\n%v\n", rc)
 		}
 
 		if value, ok := rc.Labels[applyTestLabel]; !ok || value != "ADDED" {
-			framework.Failf("Added label %s not found in modified configuration:\n%v\n", applyTestLabel, rc)
+			e2elog.Failf("Added label %s not found in modified configuration:\n%v\n", applyTestLabel, rc)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ func getUDData(jpgExpected string, ns string) func(clientset.Interface, string)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to retrieve data from container: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to retrieve data from container: %v", err)
 			}
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/portforward.go b/test/e2e/kubectl/portforward.go
index 42345e94a00..eeacd7f707d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/portforward.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/portforward.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func runPortForward(ns, podName string, port int) *portForwardCommand {
 	e2elog.Logf("starting port-forward command and streaming output")
 	portOutput, _, err := framework.StartCmdAndStreamOutput(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to start port-forward command: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to start port-forward command: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	buf := make([]byte, 128)
@@ -183,17 +183,17 @@ func runPortForward(ns, podName string, port int) *portForwardCommand {
 	var n int
 	e2elog.Logf("reading from `kubectl port-forward` command's stdout")
 	if n, err = portOutput.Read(buf); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to read from kubectl port-forward stdout: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to read from kubectl port-forward stdout: %v", err)
 	}
 	portForwardOutput := string(buf[:n])
 	match := portForwardRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(portForwardOutput)
 	if len(match) != 3 {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to parse kubectl port-forward output: %s", portForwardOutput)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to parse kubectl port-forward output: %s", portForwardOutput)
 	}
 
 	listenPort, err := strconv.Atoi(match[2])
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Error converting %s to an int: %v", match[2], err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Error converting %s to an int: %v", match[2], err)
 	}
 
 	return &portForwardCommand{
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ func doTestConnectSendDisconnect(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Creating the target pod")
 	pod := pfPod("", "10", "10", "100", fmt.Sprintf("%s", bindAddress))
 	if _, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Couldn't create pod: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Couldn't create pod: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err := f.WaitForPodReady(pod.Name); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Pod did not start running: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Pod did not start running: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Running 'kubectl port-forward'")
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func doTestConnectSendDisconnect(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Dialing the local port")
 	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", cmd.port))
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Couldn't connect to port %d: %v", cmd.port, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Couldn't connect to port %d: %v", cmd.port, err)
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Closing the connection to the local port")
@@ -229,16 +229,16 @@ func doTestConnectSendDisconnect(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Reading data from the local port")
 	fromServer, err := ioutil.ReadAll(conn)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Unexpected error reading data from the server: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Unexpected error reading data from the server: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if e, a := strings.Repeat("x", 100), string(fromServer); e != a {
-		framework.Failf("Expected %q from server, got %q", e, a)
+		e2elog.Failf("Expected %q from server, got %q", e, a)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Waiting for the target pod to stop running")
 	if err := WaitForTerminatedContainer(f, pod, "portforwardtester"); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Container did not terminate: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Container did not terminate: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Verifying logs")
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ func doTestMustConnectSendNothing(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Creating the target pod")
 	pod := pfPod("abc", "1", "1", "1", fmt.Sprintf("%s", bindAddress))
 	if _, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Couldn't create pod: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Couldn't create pod: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err := f.WaitForPodReady(pod.Name); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Pod did not start running: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Pod did not start running: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Running 'kubectl port-forward'")
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func doTestMustConnectSendNothing(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Dialing the local port")
 	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", cmd.port))
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Couldn't connect to port %d: %v", cmd.port, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Couldn't connect to port %d: %v", cmd.port, err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Closing the connection to the local port")
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func doTestMustConnectSendNothing(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework) {
 
 	ginkgo.By("Waiting for the target pod to stop running")
 	if err := WaitForTerminatedContainer(f, pod, "portforwardtester"); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Container did not terminate: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Container did not terminate: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Verifying logs")
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ func doTestMustConnectSendDisconnect(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework)
 	ginkgo.By("Creating the target pod")
 	pod := pfPod("abc", "10", "10", "100", fmt.Sprintf("%s", bindAddress))
 	if _, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Couldn't create pod: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Couldn't create pod: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err := f.WaitForPodReady(pod.Name); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Pod did not start running: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Pod did not start running: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Running 'kubectl port-forward'")
@@ -304,11 +304,11 @@ func doTestMustConnectSendDisconnect(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework)
 	ginkgo.By("Dialing the local port")
 	addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", cmd.port))
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Error resolving tcp addr: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Error resolving tcp addr: %v", err)
 	}
 	conn, err := net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, addr)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Couldn't connect to port %d: %v", cmd.port, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Couldn't connect to port %d: %v", cmd.port, err)
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Closing the connection to the local port")
@@ -324,16 +324,16 @@ func doTestMustConnectSendDisconnect(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework)
 	ginkgo.By("Reading data from the local port")
 	fromServer, err := ioutil.ReadAll(conn)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Unexpected error reading data from the server: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Unexpected error reading data from the server: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if e, a := strings.Repeat("x", 100), string(fromServer); e != a {
-		framework.Failf("Expected %q from server, got %q", e, a)
+		e2elog.Failf("Expected %q from server, got %q", e, a)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Waiting for the target pod to stop running")
 	if err := WaitForTerminatedContainer(f, pod, "portforwardtester"); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Container did not terminate: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Container did not terminate: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Verifying logs")
@@ -353,10 +353,10 @@ func doTestOverWebSockets(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Creating the pod")
 	pod := pfPod("def", "10", "10", "100", fmt.Sprintf("%s", bindAddress))
 	if _, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Couldn't create pod: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Couldn't create pod: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err := f.WaitForPodReady(pod.Name); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Pod did not start running: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Pod did not start running: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	req := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().RESTClient().Get().
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func doTestOverWebSockets(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework) {
 	url := req.URL()
 	ws, err := framework.OpenWebSocketForURL(url, config, []string{"v4.channel.k8s.io"})
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to open websocket to %s: %v", url.String(), err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to open websocket to %s: %v", url.String(), err)
 	}
 	defer ws.Close()
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ func doTestOverWebSockets(bindAddress string, f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Sending the expected data to the local port")
 	err = wsWrite(ws, 0, []byte("def"))
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to write to websocket %s: %v", url.String(), err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to write to websocket %s: %v", url.String(), err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Reading data from the local port")
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/BUILD b/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/BUILD
index af60340427f..1b0ba6bd7bb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap/token/api:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
+        "//test/e2e/framework/log:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/lifecycle:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/util.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/util.go
index 0f62a7575d1..5bb9229aa34 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/bootstrap/util.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	bootstrapapi "k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap/token/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 )
 
 func newTokenSecret(tokenID, tokenSecret string) *v1.Secret {
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func WaitforSignedClusterInfoByBootStrapToken(c clientset.Interface, tokenID str
 	return wait.Poll(framework.Poll, 2*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		cfgMap, err := c.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(metav1.NamespacePublic).Get(bootstrapapi.ConfigMapClusterInfo, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to get cluster-info configMap: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to get cluster-info configMap: %v", err)
 			return false, err
 		}
 		_, ok := cfgMap.Data[bootstrapapi.JWSSignatureKeyPrefix+tokenID]
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ func WaitForSignedClusterInfoGetUpdatedByBootstrapToken(c clientset.Interface, t
 	return wait.Poll(framework.Poll, 2*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		cfgMap, err := c.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(metav1.NamespacePublic).Get(bootstrapapi.ConfigMapClusterInfo, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to get cluster-info configMap: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to get cluster-info configMap: %v", err)
 			return false, err
 		}
 		updated, ok := cfgMap.Data[bootstrapapi.JWSSignatureKeyPrefix+tokenID]
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ func WaitForSignedClusterInfoByBootstrapTokenToDisappear(c clientset.Interface,
 	return wait.Poll(framework.Poll, 2*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 		cfgMap, err := c.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(metav1.NamespacePublic).Get(bootstrapapi.ConfigMapClusterInfo, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to get cluster-info configMap: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to get cluster-info configMap: %v", err)
 			return false, err
 		}
 		_, ok := cfgMap.Data[bootstrapapi.JWSSignatureKeyPrefix+tokenID]
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/ha_master.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/ha_master.go
index 8e7f5ca1680..00aef5e0fee 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/ha_master.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/ha_master.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func findRegionForZone(zone string) string {
 	region, err := exec.Command("gcloud", "compute", "zones", "list", zone, "--quiet", "--format=csv[no-heading](region)").Output()
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	if string(region) == "" {
-		framework.Failf("Region not found; zone: %s", zone)
+		e2elog.Failf("Region not found; zone: %s", zone)
 	}
 	return string(region)
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/kubelet_security.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/kubelet_security.go
index 8abe1fe1b8a..2ad910325ff 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/kubelet_security.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/kubelet_security.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
 )
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func portClosedTest(f *framework.Framework, pickNode *v1.Node, port int) {
 		conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", addr, port), 1*time.Minute)
 		if err == nil {
 			conn.Close()
-			framework.Failf("port %d is not disabled", port)
+			e2elog.Failf("port %d is not disabled", port)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/node_lease.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/node_lease.go
index db9305bec56..a00014a9527 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/node_lease.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/node_lease.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Disruptive]NodeLease", func() {
 		gomega.Expect(err).To(gomega.BeNil())
 		systemPodsNo = int32(len(systemPods))
 		if strings.Index(framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup, ",") >= 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Test dose not support cluster setup with more than one MIG: %s", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup)
+			e2elog.Failf("Test dose not support cluster setup with more than one MIG: %s", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup)
 		} else {
 			group = framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup
 		}
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Disruptive]NodeLease", func() {
 
 			ginkgo.By("restoring the original node instance group size")
 			if err := framework.ResizeGroup(group, int32(framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NumNodes)); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Couldn't restore the original node instance group size: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Couldn't restore the original node instance group size: %v", err)
 			}
 			// In GKE, our current tunneling setup has the potential to hold on to a broken tunnel (from a
 			// rebooted/deleted node) for up to 5 minutes before all tunnels are dropped and recreated.
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Disruptive]NodeLease", func() {
 				time.Sleep(5 * time.Minute)
 			}
 			if err := framework.WaitForGroupSize(group, int32(framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NumNodes)); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Couldn't restore the original node instance group size: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Couldn't restore the original node instance group size: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			if err := e2enode.WaitForReadyNodes(c, framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NumNodes, 10*time.Minute); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Couldn't restore the original cluster size: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Couldn't restore the original cluster size: %v", err)
 			}
 			// Many e2e tests assume that the cluster is fully healthy before they start.  Wait until
 			// the cluster is restored to health.
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/reboot.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/reboot.go
index dfb6dbf2873..48ca1d9a0aa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/reboot.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/reboot.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func testReboot(c clientset.Interface, rebootCmd string, hook terminationHook) {
 				e2elog.Logf("Node %s failed reboot test.", n.ObjectMeta.Name)
 			}
 		}
-		framework.Failf("Test failed; at least one node failed to reboot in the time given.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Test failed; at least one node failed to reboot in the time given.")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/resize_nodes.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/resize_nodes.go
index 1c6fe4b896a..0047d88d11f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/resize_nodes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/resize_nodes.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Nodes [Disruptive]", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		systemPodsNo = int32(len(systemPods))
 		if strings.Index(framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup, ",") >= 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Test dose not support cluster setup with more than one MIG: %s", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup)
+			e2elog.Failf("Test dose not support cluster setup with more than one MIG: %s", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup)
 		} else {
 			group = framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NodeInstanceGroup
 		}
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Nodes [Disruptive]", func() {
 
 			ginkgo.By("restoring the original node instance group size")
 			if err := framework.ResizeGroup(group, int32(framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NumNodes)); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Couldn't restore the original node instance group size: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Couldn't restore the original node instance group size: %v", err)
 			}
 			// In GKE, our current tunneling setup has the potential to hold on to a broken tunnel (from a
 			// rebooted/deleted node) for up to 5 minutes before all tunnels are dropped and recreated.
@@ -95,11 +96,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Nodes [Disruptive]", func() {
 				time.Sleep(5 * time.Minute)
 			}
 			if err := framework.WaitForGroupSize(group, int32(framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.NumNodes)); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Couldn't restore the original node instance group size: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Couldn't restore the original node instance group size: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			if err := e2enode.WaitForReadyNodes(c, int(originalNodeCount), 10*time.Minute); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Couldn't restore the original cluster size: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Couldn't restore the original cluster size: %v", err)
 			}
 			// Many e2e tests assume that the cluster is fully healthy before they start.  Wait until
 			// the cluster is restored to health.
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/restart.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/restart.go
index 6286430b6d7..0168282d974 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/restart.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/restart.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Restart [Disruptive]", func() {
 		}
 		if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReadyOrSucceeded(f.ClientSet, systemNamespace, originalPodNames, framework.PodReadyBeforeTimeout) {
 			printStatusAndLogsForNotReadyPods(f.ClientSet, systemNamespace, originalPodNames, pods)
-			framework.Failf("At least one pod wasn't running and ready or succeeded at test start.")
+			e2elog.Failf("At least one pod wasn't running and ready or succeeded at test start.")
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Restart [Disruptive]", func() {
 		// that the names match because that's implementation specific.
 		ginkgo.By("ensuring the same number of nodes exist after the restart")
 		if len(originalNodes) != len(nodesAfter) {
-			framework.Failf("Had %d nodes before nodes were restarted, but now only have %d",
+			e2elog.Failf("Had %d nodes before nodes were restarted, but now only have %d",
 				len(originalNodes), len(nodesAfter))
 		}
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Restart [Disruptive]", func() {
 		if !e2epod.CheckPodsRunningReadyOrSucceeded(f.ClientSet, systemNamespace, podNamesAfter, remaining) {
 			pods := ps.List()
 			printStatusAndLogsForNotReadyPods(f.ClientSet, systemNamespace, podNamesAfter, pods)
-			framework.Failf("At least one pod wasn't running and ready after the restart.")
+			e2elog.Failf("At least one pod wasn't running and ready after the restart.")
 		}
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/dns.go b/test/e2e/network/dns.go
index f85f52d2bdc..4c6fe7d0f4f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/dns.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/dns.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("DNS", func() {
 		defer func() {
 			e2elog.Logf("Deleting pod %s...", testAgnhostPod.Name)
 			if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(testAgnhostPod.Name, metav1.NewDeleteOptions(0)); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to delete pod %s: %v", testAgnhostPod.Name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to delete pod %s: %v", testAgnhostPod.Name, err)
 			}
 		}()
 		err = f.WaitForPodRunning(testAgnhostPod.Name)
@@ -415,13 +415,13 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("DNS", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Verifying customized DNS suffix list is configured on pod...")
 		stdout := runCommand("dns-suffix")
 		if !strings.Contains(stdout, testSearchPath) {
-			framework.Failf("customized DNS suffix list not found configured in pod, expected to contain: %s, got: %s", testSearchPath, stdout)
+			e2elog.Failf("customized DNS suffix list not found configured in pod, expected to contain: %s, got: %s", testSearchPath, stdout)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Verifying customized DNS server is configured on pod...")
 		stdout = runCommand("dns-server-list")
 		if !strings.Contains(stdout, testServerIP) {
-			framework.Failf("customized DNS server not found in configured in pod, expected to contain: %s, got: %s", testServerIP, stdout)
+			e2elog.Failf("customized DNS server not found in configured in pod, expected to contain: %s, got: %s", testServerIP, stdout)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("DNS", func() {
 		defer func() {
 			e2elog.Logf("Deleting pod %s...", testServerPod.Name)
 			if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(testServerPod.Name, metav1.NewDeleteOptions(0)); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to delete pod %s: %v", testServerPod.Name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to delete pod %s: %v", testServerPod.Name, err)
 			}
 		}()
 		err = f.WaitForPodRunning(testServerPod.Name)
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("DNS", func() {
 		defer func() {
 			e2elog.Logf("Deleting pod %s...", testUtilsPod.Name)
 			if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(testUtilsPod.Name, metav1.NewDeleteOptions(0)); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to delete pod %s: %v", testUtilsPod.Name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to delete pod %s: %v", testUtilsPod.Name, err)
 			}
 		}()
 		err = f.WaitForPodRunning(testUtilsPod.Name)
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("DNS", func() {
 		})
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to examine resolv,conf file on pod, stdout: %v, stderr: %v, err: %v", stdout, stderr, err)
 		if !strings.Contains(stdout, "ndots:2") {
-			framework.Failf("customized DNS options not found in resolv.conf, got: %s", stdout)
+			e2elog.Failf("customized DNS options not found in resolv.conf, got: %s", stdout)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Verifying customized name server and search path are working...")
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/dns_common.go b/test/e2e/network/dns_common.go
index 08f0d202427..8f5d50af8e0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/dns_common.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/dns_common.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (t *dnsTestCommon) checkDNSRecordFrom(name string, predicate func([]string)
 		})
 
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("dig result did not match: %#v after %v",
+		e2elog.Failf("dig result did not match: %#v after %v",
 			actual, timeout)
 	}
 }
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ func assertFilesContain(fileNames []string, fileDir string, pod *v1.Pod, client
 
 			if err != nil {
 				if ctx.Err() != nil {
-					framework.Failf("Unable to read %s from pod %s/%s: %v", fileName, pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+					e2elog.Failf("Unable to read %s from pod %s/%s: %v", fileName, pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
 				} else {
 					e2elog.Logf("Unable to read %s from pod %s/%s: %v", fileName, pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
 				}
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ func validateDNSResults(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, fileNames []string)
 		podClient.Delete(pod.Name, metav1.NewDeleteOptions(0))
 	}()
 	if _, err := podClient.Create(pod); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to create pod %s/%s: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to create pod %s/%s: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	framework.ExpectNoError(f.WaitForPodRunning(pod.Name))
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ func validateDNSResults(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, fileNames []string)
 	ginkgo.By("retrieving the pod")
 	pod, err := podClient.Get(pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to get pod %s/%s: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to get pod %s/%s: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
 	}
 	// Try to find results for each expected name.
 	ginkgo.By("looking for the results for each expected name from probers")
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ func validateTargetedProbeOutput(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, fileNames
 		podClient.Delete(pod.Name, metav1.NewDeleteOptions(0))
 	}()
 	if _, err := podClient.Create(pod); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to create pod %s/%s: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to create pod %s/%s: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	framework.ExpectNoError(f.WaitForPodRunning(pod.Name))
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func validateTargetedProbeOutput(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, fileNames
 	ginkgo.By("retrieving the pod")
 	pod, err := podClient.Get(pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to get pod %s/%s: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to get pod %s/%s: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
 	}
 	// Try to find the expected value for each expected name.
 	ginkgo.By("looking for the results for each expected name from probers")
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/example_cluster_dns.go b/test/e2e/network/example_cluster_dns.go
index f6c27f6f03a..b8ba8de3483 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/example_cluster_dns.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/example_cluster_dns.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ClusterDns [Feature:Example]", func() {
 		pods, err := c.CoreV1().Pods(namespaces[0].Name).List(options)
 
 		if err != nil || pods == nil || len(pods.Items) == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("no running pods found")
+			e2elog.Failf("no running pods found")
 		}
 		podName := pods.Items[0].Name
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/firewall.go b/test/e2e/network/firewall.go
index 5d4123c9986..1106c0b237e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/firewall.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/firewall.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Firewall rule", func() {
 		gomega.Expect(nodeList).NotTo(gomega.BeNil())
 		nodesNames := jig.GetNodesNames(framework.MaxNodesForEndpointsTests)
 		if len(nodesNames) <= 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Expect at least 1 node, got: %v", nodesNames)
+			e2elog.Failf("Expect at least 1 node, got: %v", nodesNames)
 		}
 		nodesSet := sets.NewString(nodesNames...)
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Firewall rule", func() {
 	ginkgo.It("should have correct firewall rules for e2e cluster", func() {
 		nodes := framework.GetReadySchedulableNodesOrDie(cs)
 		if len(nodes.Items) <= 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Expect at least 1 node, got: %v", len(nodes.Items))
+			e2elog.Failf("Expect at least 1 node, got: %v", len(nodes.Items))
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Checking if e2e firewall rules are correct")
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Firewall rule", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Checking well known ports on master and nodes are not exposed externally")
 		nodeAddrs := e2enode.FirstAddress(nodes, v1.NodeExternalIP)
 		if len(nodeAddrs) == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("did not find any node addresses")
+			e2elog.Failf("did not find any node addresses")
 		}
 
 		masterAddresses := framework.GetAllMasterAddresses(cs)
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Firewall rule", func() {
 func assertNotReachableHTTPTimeout(ip string, port int, timeout time.Duration) {
 	result := framework.PokeHTTP(ip, port, "/", &framework.HTTPPokeParams{Timeout: timeout})
 	if result.Status == framework.HTTPError {
-		framework.Failf("Unexpected error checking for reachability of %s:%d: %v", ip, port, result.Error)
+		e2elog.Failf("Unexpected error checking for reachability of %s:%d: %v", ip, port, result.Error)
 	}
 	if result.Code != 0 {
-		framework.Failf("Was unexpectedly able to reach %s:%d", ip, port)
+		e2elog.Failf("Was unexpectedly able to reach %s:%d", ip, port)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/ingress.go b/test/e2e/network/ingress.go
index 0845e490ef2..c98df6a66c4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/ingress.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/ingress.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Loadbalancing: L7", func() {
 				if annotations != nil && (annotations[umKey] != "" || annotations[fwKey] != "" ||
 					annotations[tpKey] != "" || annotations[fwsKey] != "" || annotations[tpsKey] != "" ||
 					annotations[scKey] != "" || annotations[beKey] != "") {
-					framework.Failf("unexpected annotations. Expected to not have annotations for urlmap, forwarding rule, target proxy, ssl cert and backends, got: %v", annotations)
+					e2elog.Failf("unexpected annotations. Expected to not have annotations for urlmap, forwarding rule, target proxy, ssl cert and backends, got: %v", annotations)
 					return true, nil
 				}
 				return false, nil
@@ -210,26 +210,26 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Loadbalancing: L7", func() {
 			// Verify that the controller does not create any other resource except instance group.
 			// TODO(59778): Check GCE resources specific to this ingress instead of listing all resources.
 			if len(gceController.ListURLMaps()) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected url maps, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListURLMaps())
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected url maps, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListURLMaps())
 			}
 			if len(gceController.ListGlobalForwardingRules()) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected forwarding rules, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListGlobalForwardingRules())
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected forwarding rules, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListGlobalForwardingRules())
 			}
 			if len(gceController.ListTargetHTTPProxies()) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected target http proxies, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListTargetHTTPProxies())
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected target http proxies, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListTargetHTTPProxies())
 			}
 			if len(gceController.ListTargetHTTPSProxies()) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected target https proxies, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListTargetHTTPProxies())
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected target https proxies, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListTargetHTTPProxies())
 			}
 			if len(gceController.ListSslCertificates()) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected ssl certificates, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListSslCertificates())
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected ssl certificates, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListSslCertificates())
 			}
 			if len(gceController.ListGlobalBackendServices()) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected backend service, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListGlobalBackendServices())
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected backend service, expected none, got: %v", gceController.ListGlobalBackendServices())
 			}
 			// Controller does not have a list command for firewall rule. We use get instead.
 			if fw, err := gceController.GetFirewallRuleOrError(); err == nil {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected nil error in getting firewall rule, expected firewall NotFound, got firewall: %v", fw)
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected nil error in getting firewall rule, expected firewall NotFound, got firewall: %v", fw)
 			}
 
 			// TODO(nikhiljindal): Check the instance group annotation value and verify with a multizone cluster.
@@ -662,16 +662,16 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Loadbalancing: L7", func() {
 			filePath := filepath.Join(framework.TestContext.OutputDir, "mci.yaml")
 			output, err := framework.RunKubemciWithKubeconfig("remove-clusters", name, "--ingress="+filePath)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected error in running kubemci remove-clusters command to remove from all clusters: %s", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected error in running kubemci remove-clusters command to remove from all clusters: %s", err)
 			}
 			if !strings.Contains(output, "You should use kubemci delete to delete the ingress completely") {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected output in removing an ingress from all clusters, expected the output to include: You should use kubemci delete to delete the ingress completely, actual output: %s", output)
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected output in removing an ingress from all clusters, expected the output to include: You should use kubemci delete to delete the ingress completely, actual output: %s", output)
 			}
 			// Verify that the ingress is still spread to 1 cluster as expected.
 			verifyKubemciStatusHas(name, "is spread across 1 cluster")
 			// remove-clusters should succeed with --force=true
 			if _, err := framework.RunKubemciWithKubeconfig("remove-clusters", name, "--ingress="+filePath, "--force=true"); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("unexpected error in running kubemci remove-clusters to remove from all clusters with --force=true: %s", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("unexpected error in running kubemci remove-clusters to remove from all clusters with --force=true: %s", err)
 			}
 			verifyKubemciStatusHas(name, "is spread across 0 cluster")
 		})
@@ -765,10 +765,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Loadbalancing: L7", func() {
 func verifyKubemciStatusHas(name, expectedSubStr string) {
 	statusStr, err := framework.RunKubemciCmd("get-status", name)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unexpected error in running kubemci get-status %s: %s", name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unexpected error in running kubemci get-status %s: %s", name, err)
 	}
 	if !strings.Contains(statusStr, expectedSubStr) {
-		framework.Failf("expected status to have sub string %s, actual status: %s", expectedSubStr, statusStr)
+		e2elog.Failf("expected status to have sub string %s, actual status: %s", expectedSubStr, statusStr)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ func executeBacksideBacksideHTTPSTest(f *framework.Framework, jig *ingress.TestJ
 	defer func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Cleaning up re-encryption ingress, service and deployment")
 		if errs := jig.DeleteTestResource(f.ClientSet, deployCreated, svcCreated, ingCreated); len(errs) > 0 {
-			framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to cleanup re-encryption ingress: %v", errs)
+			e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to cleanup re-encryption ingress: %v", errs)
 		}
 	}()
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "ginkgo.Failed to create re-encryption ingress")
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/ingress_scale.go b/test/e2e/network/ingress_scale.go
index bda4be54b62..dbe21759d43 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/ingress_scale.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/ingress_scale.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package network
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/network/scale"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -44,19 +45,19 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Loadbalancing: L7 Scalability", func() {
 
 			scaleFramework = scale.NewIngressScaleFramework(f.ClientSet, ns, framework.TestContext.CloudConfig)
 			if err := scaleFramework.PrepareScaleTest(); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected error while preparing ingress scale test: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected error while preparing ingress scale test: %v", err)
 			}
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
 			if errs := scaleFramework.CleanupScaleTest(); len(errs) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected error while cleaning up ingress scale test: %v", errs)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected error while cleaning up ingress scale test: %v", errs)
 			}
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.It("Creating and updating ingresses should happen promptly with small/medium/large amount of ingresses", func() {
 			if errs := scaleFramework.RunScaleTest(); len(errs) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected error while running ingress scale test: %v", errs)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected error while running ingress scale test: %v", errs)
 			}
 
 		})
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/network_policy.go b/test/e2e/network/network_policy.go
index b50b7479b4e..c06d937cd4c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/network_policy.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/network_policy.go
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ func testCanConnect(f *framework.Framework, ns *v1.Namespace, podName string, se
 	defer func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Cleaning up the pod %s", podName))
 		if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(ns.Name).Delete(podClient.Name, nil); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to cleanup pod %v: %v", podClient.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to cleanup pod %v: %v", podClient.Name, err)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ func testCanConnect(f *framework.Framework, ns *v1.Namespace, podName string, se
 		// Collect pod logs when we see a failure.
 		logs, logErr := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, podName, fmt.Sprintf("%s-container", podName))
 		if logErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error getting container logs: %s", logErr)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error getting container logs: %s", logErr)
 		}
 
 		// Collect current NetworkPolicies applied in the test namespace.
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ func testCanConnect(f *framework.Framework, ns *v1.Namespace, podName string, se
 			pods = append(pods, fmt.Sprintf("Pod: %s, Status: %s\n", p.Name, p.Status.String()))
 		}
 
-		framework.Failf("Pod %s should be able to connect to service %s, but was not able to connect.\nPod logs:\n%s\n\n Current NetworkPolicies:\n\t%v\n\n Pods:\n\t%v\n\n", podName, service.Name, logs, policies.Items, pods)
+		e2elog.Failf("Pod %s should be able to connect to service %s, but was not able to connect.\nPod logs:\n%s\n\n Current NetworkPolicies:\n\t%v\n\n Pods:\n\t%v\n\n", podName, service.Name, logs, policies.Items, pods)
 
 		// Dump debug information for the test namespace.
 		framework.DumpDebugInfo(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name)
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ func testCannotConnect(f *framework.Framework, ns *v1.Namespace, podName string,
 	defer func() {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Cleaning up the pod %s", podName))
 		if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(ns.Name).Delete(podClient.Name, nil); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to cleanup pod %v: %v", podClient.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to cleanup pod %v: %v", podClient.Name, err)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ func testCannotConnect(f *framework.Framework, ns *v1.Namespace, podName string,
 		// Collect pod logs when we see a failure.
 		logs, logErr := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, podName, fmt.Sprintf("%s-container", podName))
 		if logErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error getting container logs: %s", logErr)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error getting container logs: %s", logErr)
 		}
 
 		// Collect current NetworkPolicies applied in the test namespace.
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ func testCannotConnect(f *framework.Framework, ns *v1.Namespace, podName string,
 			pods = append(pods, fmt.Sprintf("Pod: %s, Status: %s\n", p.Name, p.Status.String()))
 		}
 
-		framework.Failf("Pod %s should not be able to connect to service %s, but was able to connect.\nPod logs:\n%s\n\n Current NetworkPolicies:\n\t%v\n\n Pods:\n\t %v\n\n", podName, service.Name, logs, policies.Items, pods)
+		e2elog.Failf("Pod %s should not be able to connect to service %s, but was able to connect.\nPod logs:\n%s\n\n Current NetworkPolicies:\n\t%v\n\n Pods:\n\t %v\n\n", podName, service.Name, logs, policies.Items, pods)
 
 		// Dump debug information for the test namespace.
 		framework.DumpDebugInfo(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name)
@@ -712,11 +712,11 @@ func createServerPodAndService(f *framework.Framework, namespace *v1.Namespace,
 func cleanupServerPodAndService(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, service *v1.Service) {
 	ginkgo.By("Cleaning up the server.")
 	if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Delete(pod.Name, nil); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to cleanup pod %v: %v", pod.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to cleanup pod %v: %v", pod.Name, err)
 	}
 	ginkgo.By("Cleaning up the server's service.")
 	if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Services(service.Namespace).Delete(service.Name, nil); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to cleanup svc %v: %v", service.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to cleanup svc %v: %v", service.Name, err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -756,6 +756,6 @@ func createNetworkClientPod(f *framework.Framework, namespace *v1.Namespace, pod
 func cleanupNetworkPolicy(f *framework.Framework, policy *networkingv1.NetworkPolicy) {
 	ginkgo.By("Cleaning up the policy.")
 	if err := f.ClientSet.NetworkingV1().NetworkPolicies(policy.Namespace).Delete(policy.Name, nil); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to cleanup policy %v: %v", policy.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to cleanup policy %v: %v", policy.Name, err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/networking.go b/test/e2e/network/networking.go
index 0821e0bd1b5..8ca3ef0441d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/networking.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/networking.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/master/ports"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 )
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Networking", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Executing a successful http request from the external internet")
 		resp, err := http.Get("http://google.com")
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Unable to connect/talk to the internet: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Unable to connect/talk to the internet: %v", err)
 		}
 		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-			framework.Failf("Unexpected error code, expected 200, got, %v (%v)", resp.StatusCode, resp)
+			e2elog.Failf("Unexpected error code, expected 200, got, %v (%v)", resp.StatusCode, resp)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Networking", func() {
 				AbsPath(test.path).
 				DoRaw()
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed: %v\nBody: %s", err, string(data))
+				e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed: %v\nBody: %s", err, string(data))
 			}
 		}
 	})
@@ -207,13 +208,13 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Networking", func() {
 			// Check if number of endpoints returned are exactly one.
 			eps, err := config.GetEndpointsFromTestContainer("http", config.SessionAffinityService.Spec.ClusterIP, framework.ClusterHTTPPort, framework.SessionAffinityChecks)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to get endpoints from test container, error: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to get endpoints from test container, error: %v", err)
 			}
 			if len(eps) == 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected no endpoints return")
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected no endpoints return")
 			}
 			if len(eps) > 1 {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected endpoints return: %v, expect 1 endpoints", eps)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected endpoints return: %v, expect 1 endpoints", eps)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -224,13 +225,13 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Networking", func() {
 			// Check if number of endpoints returned are exactly one.
 			eps, err := config.GetEndpointsFromTestContainer("udp", config.SessionAffinityService.Spec.ClusterIP, framework.ClusterUDPPort, framework.SessionAffinityChecks)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to get endpoints from test container, error: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to get endpoints from test container, error: %v", err)
 			}
 			if len(eps) == 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected no endpoints return")
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected no endpoints return")
 			}
 			if len(eps) > 1 {
-				framework.Failf("Unexpected endpoints return: %v, expect 1 endpoints", eps)
+				e2elog.Failf("Unexpected endpoints return: %v, expect 1 endpoints", eps)
 			}
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/networking_perf.go b/test/e2e/network/networking_perf.go
index ecf05e83ac1..58831a60887 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/networking_perf.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/networking_perf.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func networkingIPerfTest(isIPv6 bool) {
 		)
 
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Fatal error waiting for iperf server endpoint : %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Fatal error waiting for iperf server endpoint : %v", err)
 		}
 
 		iperfClientPodLabels := f.CreatePodsPerNodeForSimpleApp(
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ func networkingIPerfTest(isIPv6 bool) {
 
 		pods, err2 := iperfClusterVerification.WaitFor(expectedCli, iperfTimeout)
 		if err2 != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error in wait...")
+			e2elog.Failf("Error in wait...")
 		} else if len(pods) < expectedCli {
-			framework.Failf("IPerf restuls : Only got %v out of %v, after waiting %v", len(pods), expectedCli, iperfTimeout)
+			e2elog.Failf("IPerf restuls : Only got %v out of %v, after waiting %v", len(pods), expectedCli, iperfTimeout)
 		} else {
 			// For each builds up a collection of IPerfRecords
 			iperfClusterVerification.ForEach(
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func networkingIPerfTest(isIPv6 bool) {
 						e2elog.Logf(resultS)
 						iperfResults.Add(NewIPerf(resultS))
 					} else {
-						framework.Failf("Unexpected error, %v when running forEach on the pods.", err)
+						e2elog.Failf("Unexpected error, %v when running forEach on the pods.", err)
 					}
 				})
 		}
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/proxy.go b/test/e2e/network/proxy.go
index da24b2608a8..63ffddb2232 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/proxy.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/proxy.go
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Proxy", func() {
 					e2elog.Logf("Pod %s has the following error logs: %s", pods[0].Name, body)
 				}
 
-				framework.Failf(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
+				e2elog.Failf(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
 			}
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/service.go b/test/e2e/network/service.go
index 3dac4c1b20a..ef8295107f5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/service.go
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		hosts, err := e2essh.NodeSSHHosts(cs)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to find external/internal IPs for every node")
 		if len(hosts) == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("No ssh-able nodes")
+			e2elog.Failf("No ssh-able nodes")
 		}
 		host := hosts[0]
 
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create replication controller with service: %s in the namespace: %s", svc3, ns)
 
 		if svc2IP == svc3IP {
-			framework.Failf("service IPs conflict: %v", svc2IP)
+			e2elog.Failf("service IPs conflict: %v", svc2IP)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("verifying service " + svc2 + " is still up")
@@ -407,13 +407,13 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create replication controller with service: %s in the namespace: %s", svc2, ns)
 
 		if svc1IP == svc2IP {
-			framework.Failf("VIPs conflict: %v", svc1IP)
+			e2elog.Failf("VIPs conflict: %v", svc1IP)
 		}
 
 		hosts, err := e2essh.NodeSSHHosts(cs)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to find external/internal IPs for every node")
 		if len(hosts) == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("No ssh-able nodes")
+			e2elog.Failf("No ssh-able nodes")
 		}
 		host := hosts[0]
 
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Restarting kube-proxy on %v", host))
 		if err := framework.RestartKubeProxy(host); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("error restarting kube-proxy: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("error restarting kube-proxy: %v", err)
 		}
 		framework.ExpectNoError(framework.VerifyServeHostnameServiceUp(cs, ns, host, podNames1, svc1IP, servicePort))
 		framework.ExpectNoError(framework.VerifyServeHostnameServiceUp(cs, ns, host, podNames2, svc2IP, servicePort))
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			sudo iptables -t nat -F KUBE-PORTALS-CONTAINER || true`, host, framework.TestContext.Provider)
 		if err != nil || result.Code != 0 {
 			e2essh.LogResult(result)
-			framework.Failf("couldn't remove iptable rules: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("couldn't remove iptable rules: %v", err)
 		}
 		framework.ExpectNoError(framework.VerifyServeHostnameServiceUp(cs, ns, host, podNames1, svc1IP, servicePort))
 		framework.ExpectNoError(framework.VerifyServeHostnameServiceUp(cs, ns, host, podNames2, svc2IP, servicePort))
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		hosts, err := e2essh.NodeSSHHosts(cs)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to find external/internal IPs for every node")
 		if len(hosts) == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("No ssh-able nodes")
+			e2elog.Failf("No ssh-able nodes")
 		}
 		host := hosts[0]
 
@@ -468,11 +468,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		// Restart apiserver
 		ginkgo.By("Restarting apiserver")
 		if err := framework.RestartApiserver(cs); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("error restarting apiserver: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("error restarting apiserver: %v", err)
 		}
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for apiserver to come up by polling /healthz")
 		if err := framework.WaitForApiserverUp(cs); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("error while waiting for apiserver up: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("error while waiting for apiserver up: %v", err)
 		}
 		framework.ExpectNoError(framework.VerifyServeHostnameServiceUp(cs, ns, host, podNames1, svc1IP, servicePort))
 
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create replication controller with service: %s in the namespace: %s", svc2, ns)
 
 		if svc1IP == svc2IP {
-			framework.Failf("VIPs conflict: %v", svc1IP)
+			e2elog.Failf("VIPs conflict: %v", svc1IP)
 		}
 		framework.ExpectNoError(framework.VerifyServeHostnameServiceUp(cs, ns, host, podNames1, svc1IP, servicePort))
 		framework.ExpectNoError(framework.VerifyServeHostnameServiceUp(cs, ns, host, podNames2, svc2IP, servicePort))
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`for i in $(seq 1 300); do if ss -ant46 'sport = :%d' | grep ^LISTEN; then exit 0; fi; sleep 1; done; exit 1`, nodePort)
 		stdout, err := framework.RunHostCmd(hostExec.Namespace, hostExec.Name, cmd)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("expected node port %d to be in use, stdout: %v. err: %v", nodePort, stdout, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("expected node port %d to be in use, stdout: %v. err: %v", nodePort, stdout, err)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By("verifying that TCP and UDP use the same port")
 		if tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].Port != udpService.Spec.Ports[0].Port {
-			framework.Failf("expected to use the same port for TCP and UDP")
+			e2elog.Failf("expected to use the same port for TCP and UDP")
 		}
 		svcPort := int(tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].Port)
 		e2elog.Logf("service port (TCP and UDP): %d", svcPort)
@@ -655,10 +655,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		tcpService = jig.WaitForLoadBalancerOrFail(ns1, tcpService.Name, loadBalancerCreateTimeout)
 		jig.SanityCheckService(tcpService, v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer)
 		if int(tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort) != tcpNodePort {
-			framework.Failf("TCP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort changed (%d -> %d) when not expected", tcpNodePort, tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
+			e2elog.Failf("TCP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort changed (%d -> %d) when not expected", tcpNodePort, tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
 		}
 		if requestedIP != "" && framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]) != requestedIP {
-			framework.Failf("unexpected TCP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress (expected %s, got %s)", requestedIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
+			e2elog.Failf("unexpected TCP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress (expected %s, got %s)", requestedIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
 		}
 		tcpIngressIP := framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0])
 		e2elog.Logf("TCP load balancer: %s", tcpIngressIP)
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 				// Deleting it after it is attached "demotes" it to an
 				// ephemeral IP, which can be auto-released.
 				if err := gceCloud.DeleteRegionAddress(staticIPName, gceCloud.Region()); err != nil {
-					framework.Failf("failed to release static IP %s: %v", staticIPName, err)
+					e2elog.Failf("failed to release static IP %s: %v", staticIPName, err)
 				}
 				staticIPName = ""
 			}
@@ -688,14 +688,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			udpService = jig.WaitForLoadBalancerOrFail(ns2, udpService.Name, loadBalancerCreateTimeout)
 			jig.SanityCheckService(udpService, v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer)
 			if int(udpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort) != udpNodePort {
-				framework.Failf("UDP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort changed (%d -> %d) when not expected", udpNodePort, udpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
+				e2elog.Failf("UDP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort changed (%d -> %d) when not expected", udpNodePort, udpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
 			}
 			udpIngressIP = framework.GetIngressPoint(&udpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0])
 			e2elog.Logf("UDP load balancer: %s", udpIngressIP)
 
 			ginkgo.By("verifying that TCP and UDP use different load balancers")
 			if tcpIngressIP == udpIngressIP {
-				framework.Failf("Load balancers are not different: %s", framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
+				e2elog.Failf("Load balancers are not different: %s", framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -721,10 +721,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		tcpNodePortOld := tcpNodePort
 		tcpNodePort = int(tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
 		if tcpNodePort == tcpNodePortOld {
-			framework.Failf("TCP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort (%d) did not change", tcpNodePort)
+			e2elog.Failf("TCP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort (%d) did not change", tcpNodePort)
 		}
 		if framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]) != tcpIngressIP {
-			framework.Failf("TCP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress changed (%s -> %s) when not expected", tcpIngressIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
+			e2elog.Failf("TCP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress changed (%s -> %s) when not expected", tcpIngressIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
 		}
 		e2elog.Logf("TCP node port: %d", tcpNodePort)
 
@@ -738,10 +738,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		udpNodePortOld := udpNodePort
 		udpNodePort = int(udpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
 		if udpNodePort == udpNodePortOld {
-			framework.Failf("UDP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort (%d) did not change", udpNodePort)
+			e2elog.Failf("UDP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort (%d) did not change", udpNodePort)
 		}
 		if loadBalancerSupportsUDP && framework.GetIngressPoint(&udpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]) != udpIngressIP {
-			framework.Failf("UDP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress changed (%s -> %s) when not expected", udpIngressIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&udpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
+			e2elog.Failf("UDP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress changed (%s -> %s) when not expected", udpIngressIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&udpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
 		}
 		e2elog.Logf("UDP node port: %d", udpNodePort)
 
@@ -775,13 +775,13 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		svcPortOld := svcPort
 		svcPort = int(tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].Port)
 		if svcPort == svcPortOld {
-			framework.Failf("TCP Spec.Ports[0].Port (%d) did not change", svcPort)
+			e2elog.Failf("TCP Spec.Ports[0].Port (%d) did not change", svcPort)
 		}
 		if int(tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort) != tcpNodePort {
-			framework.Failf("TCP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort (%d) changed", tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
+			e2elog.Failf("TCP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort (%d) changed", tcpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
 		}
 		if framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]) != tcpIngressIP {
-			framework.Failf("TCP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress changed (%s -> %s) when not expected", tcpIngressIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
+			e2elog.Failf("TCP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress changed (%s -> %s) when not expected", tcpIngressIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&tcpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("changing the UDP service's port")
@@ -794,13 +794,13 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			jig.SanityCheckService(udpService, v1.ServiceTypeNodePort)
 		}
 		if int(udpService.Spec.Ports[0].Port) != svcPort {
-			framework.Failf("UDP Spec.Ports[0].Port (%d) did not change", udpService.Spec.Ports[0].Port)
+			e2elog.Failf("UDP Spec.Ports[0].Port (%d) did not change", udpService.Spec.Ports[0].Port)
 		}
 		if int(udpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort) != udpNodePort {
-			framework.Failf("UDP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort (%d) changed", udpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
+			e2elog.Failf("UDP Spec.Ports[0].NodePort (%d) changed", udpService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort)
 		}
 		if loadBalancerSupportsUDP && framework.GetIngressPoint(&udpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]) != udpIngressIP {
-			framework.Failf("UDP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress changed (%s -> %s) when not expected", udpIngressIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&udpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
+			e2elog.Failf("UDP Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress changed (%s -> %s) when not expected", udpIngressIP, framework.GetIngressPoint(&udpService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]))
 		}
 
 		e2elog.Logf("service port (TCP and UDP): %d", svcPort)
@@ -928,11 +928,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		})
 		jig.SanityCheckService(newService, v1.ServiceTypeNodePort)
 		if len(newService.Spec.Ports) != 2 {
-			framework.Failf("new service should have two Ports")
+			e2elog.Failf("new service should have two Ports")
 		}
 		for _, port := range newService.Spec.Ports {
 			if port.NodePort == 0 {
-				framework.Failf("new service failed to allocate NodePort for Port %s", port.Name)
+				e2elog.Failf("new service failed to allocate NodePort for Port %s", port.Name)
 			}
 
 			e2elog.Logf("new service allocates NodePort %d for Port %s", port.NodePort, port.Name)
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			defer ginkgo.GinkgoRecover()
 			errs := t.Cleanup()
 			if len(errs) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
+				e2elog.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
 			}
 		}()
 
@@ -1074,10 +1074,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create service: %s in namespace: %s", serviceName, ns)
 
 		if len(result.Spec.Ports) != 2 {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected len(Spec.Ports) for new service: %v", result)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected len(Spec.Ports) for new service: %v", result)
 		}
 		if result.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort != result.Spec.Ports[1].NodePort {
-			framework.Failf("should use same NodePort for new service: %v", result)
+			e2elog.Failf("should use same NodePort for new service: %v", result)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			defer ginkgo.GinkgoRecover()
 			errs := t.Cleanup()
 			if len(errs) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
+				e2elog.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
 			}
 		}()
 
@@ -1104,14 +1104,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create service: %s in namespace: %s", serviceName1, ns)
 
 		if result.Spec.Type != v1.ServiceTypeNodePort {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Type for new service: %v", result)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Type for new service: %v", result)
 		}
 		if len(result.Spec.Ports) != 1 {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected len(Spec.Ports) for new service: %v", result)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected len(Spec.Ports) for new service: %v", result)
 		}
 		port := result.Spec.Ports[0]
 		if port.NodePort == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Ports[0].NodePort for new service: %v", result)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Ports[0].NodePort for new service: %v", result)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("creating service " + serviceName2 + " with conflicting NodePort")
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		service2.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort = port.NodePort
 		result2, err := t.CreateService(service2)
 		if err == nil {
-			framework.Failf("Created service with conflicting NodePort: %v", result2)
+			e2elog.Failf("Created service with conflicting NodePort: %v", result2)
 		}
 		expectedErr := fmt.Sprintf("%d.*port is already allocated", port.NodePort)
 		gomega.Expect(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err)).To(gomega.MatchRegexp(expectedErr))
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			defer ginkgo.GinkgoRecover()
 			errs := t.Cleanup()
 			if len(errs) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
+				e2elog.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
 			}
 		}()
 
@@ -1157,17 +1157,17 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create service: %s in namespace: %s", serviceName, ns)
 
 		if service.Spec.Type != v1.ServiceTypeNodePort {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Type for new service: %v", service)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Type for new service: %v", service)
 		}
 		if len(service.Spec.Ports) != 1 {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected len(Spec.Ports) for new service: %v", service)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected len(Spec.Ports) for new service: %v", service)
 		}
 		port := service.Spec.Ports[0]
 		if port.NodePort == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Ports[0].nodePort for new service: %v", service)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Ports[0].nodePort for new service: %v", service)
 		}
 		if !framework.ServiceNodePortRange.Contains(int(port.NodePort)) {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected (out-of-range) port for new service: %v", service)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected (out-of-range) port for new service: %v", service)
 		}
 
 		outOfRangeNodePort := 0
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			s.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort = int32(outOfRangeNodePort)
 		})
 		if err == nil {
-			framework.Failf("failed to prevent update of service with out-of-range NodePort: %v", result)
+			e2elog.Failf("failed to prevent update of service with out-of-range NodePort: %v", result)
 		}
 		expectedErr := fmt.Sprintf("%d.*port is not in the valid range", outOfRangeNodePort)
 		gomega.Expect(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err)).To(gomega.MatchRegexp(expectedErr))
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		service.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort = int32(outOfRangeNodePort)
 		service, err = t.CreateService(service)
 		if err == nil {
-			framework.Failf("failed to prevent create of service with out-of-range NodePort (%d): %v", outOfRangeNodePort, service)
+			e2elog.Failf("failed to prevent create of service with out-of-range NodePort (%d): %v", outOfRangeNodePort, service)
 		}
 		gomega.Expect(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err)).To(gomega.MatchRegexp(expectedErr))
 	})
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			defer ginkgo.GinkgoRecover()
 			errs := t.Cleanup()
 			if len(errs) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
+				e2elog.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
 			}
 		}()
 
@@ -1225,17 +1225,17 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create service: %s in namespace: %s", serviceName, ns)
 
 		if service.Spec.Type != v1.ServiceTypeNodePort {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Type for new service: %v", service)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Type for new service: %v", service)
 		}
 		if len(service.Spec.Ports) != 1 {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected len(Spec.Ports) for new service: %v", service)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected len(Spec.Ports) for new service: %v", service)
 		}
 		port := service.Spec.Ports[0]
 		if port.NodePort == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Ports[0].nodePort for new service: %v", service)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected Spec.Ports[0].nodePort for new service: %v", service)
 		}
 		if !framework.ServiceNodePortRange.Contains(int(port.NodePort)) {
-			framework.Failf("got unexpected (out-of-range) port for new service: %v", service)
+			e2elog.Failf("got unexpected (out-of-range) port for new service: %v", service)
 		}
 		nodePort := port.NodePort
 
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			}
 			return true, nil
 		}); pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("expected node port (%d) to not be in use in %v, stdout: %v", nodePort, framework.KubeProxyLagTimeout, stdout)
+			e2elog.Failf("expected node port (%d) to not be in use in %v, stdout: %v", nodePort, framework.KubeProxyLagTimeout, stdout)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("creating service "+serviceName+" with same NodePort %d", nodePort))
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			defer ginkgo.GinkgoRecover()
 			errs := t.Cleanup()
 			if len(errs) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
+				e2elog.Failf("errors in cleanup: %v", errs)
 			}
 		}()
 
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			}
 			return true, nil
 		}); pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("expected un-ready endpoint for Service %v within %v, stdout: %v", t.Name, framework.KubeProxyLagTimeout, stdout)
+			e2elog.Failf("expected un-ready endpoint for Service %v within %v, stdout: %v", t.Name, framework.KubeProxyLagTimeout, stdout)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Scaling down replication controller to zero")
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			}
 			return true, nil
 		}); pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("expected un-ready endpoint for Service %v within %v, stdout: %v", t.Name, framework.KubeProxyLagTimeout, stdout)
+			e2elog.Failf("expected un-ready endpoint for Service %v within %v, stdout: %v", t.Name, framework.KubeProxyLagTimeout, stdout)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Update service to tolerate unready services again")
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			}
 			return true, nil
 		}); pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("expected un-ready endpoint for Service %v within %v, stdout: %v", t.Name, framework.KubeProxyLagTimeout, stdout)
+			e2elog.Failf("expected un-ready endpoint for Service %v within %v, stdout: %v", t.Name, framework.KubeProxyLagTimeout, stdout)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Remove pods immediately")
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			e2elog.Logf("Successful curl; stdout: %v", stdout)
 			return true, nil
 		}); pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to hit ILB IP, err: %v", pollErr)
+			e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to hit ILB IP, err: %v", pollErr)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("switching to external type LoadBalancer")
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			lbIngress = &svc.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]
 			return !isInternalEndpoint(lbIngress), nil
 		}); pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Loadbalancer IP not changed to external.")
+			e2elog.Failf("Loadbalancer IP not changed to external.")
 		}
 		// should have an external IP.
 		jig.SanityCheckService(svc, v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer)
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 				lbIngress = &svc.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0]
 				return isInternalEndpoint(lbIngress), nil
 			}); pollErr != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Loadbalancer IP not changed to internal.")
+				e2elog.Failf("Loadbalancer IP not changed to internal.")
 			}
 			// should have the given static internal IP.
 			jig.SanityCheckService(svc, v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer)
@@ -1616,11 +1616,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gce")
 		clusterID, err := gce.GetClusterID(cs)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("framework.GetClusterID(cs) = _, %v; want nil", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("framework.GetClusterID(cs) = _, %v; want nil", err)
 		}
 		gceCloud, err := gce.GetGCECloud()
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("framework.GetGCECloud() = _, %v; want nil", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("framework.GetGCECloud() = _, %v; want nil", err)
 		}
 
 		namespace := f.Namespace.Name
@@ -1647,22 +1647,22 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		hcName := gcecloud.MakeNodesHealthCheckName(clusterID)
 		hc, err := gceCloud.GetHTTPHealthCheck(hcName)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("gceCloud.GetHttpHealthCheck(%q) = _, %v; want nil", hcName, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("gceCloud.GetHttpHealthCheck(%q) = _, %v; want nil", hcName, err)
 		}
 		gomega.Expect(hc.CheckIntervalSec).To(gomega.Equal(gceHcCheckIntervalSeconds))
 
 		ginkgo.By("modify the health check interval")
 		hc.CheckIntervalSec = gceHcCheckIntervalSeconds - 1
 		if err = gceCloud.UpdateHTTPHealthCheck(hc); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("gcecloud.UpdateHttpHealthCheck(%#v) = %v; want nil", hc, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("gcecloud.UpdateHttpHealthCheck(%#v) = %v; want nil", hc, err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("restart kube-controller-manager")
 		if err := framework.RestartControllerManager(); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("framework.RestartControllerManager() = %v; want nil", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("framework.RestartControllerManager() = %v; want nil", err)
 		}
 		if err := framework.WaitForControllerManagerUp(); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("framework.WaitForControllerManagerUp() = %v; want nil", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("framework.WaitForControllerManagerUp() = %v; want nil", err)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("health check should be reconciled")
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			e2elog.Logf("hc.CheckIntervalSec = %v", hc.CheckIntervalSec)
 			return hc.CheckIntervalSec == gceHcCheckIntervalSeconds, nil
 		}); pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Health check %q does not reconcile its check interval to %d.", hcName, gceHcCheckIntervalSeconds)
+			e2elog.Failf("Health check %q does not reconcile its check interval to %d.", hcName, gceHcCheckIntervalSeconds)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		hosts, err := e2essh.NodeSSHHosts(cs)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to find external/internal IPs for every node")
 		if len(hosts) == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("No ssh-able nodes")
+			e2elog.Failf("No ssh-able nodes")
 		}
 		host := hosts[0]
 
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("creating a service with no endpoints")
 		_, err := jig.CreateServiceWithServicePort(labels, namespace, ports)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to create service: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("ginkgo.Failed to create service: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		nodeName := nodes.Items[0].Name
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Manually add load balancer cleanup finalizer to service")
 		svc.Finalizers = append(svc.Finalizers, "service.kubernetes.io/load-balancer-cleanup")
 		if _, err := cs.CoreV1().Services(svc.Namespace).Update(svc); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to add finalizer to service %s/%s: %v", svc.Namespace, svc.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to add finalizer to service %s/%s: %v", svc.Namespace, svc.Name, err)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 func waitForServiceDeletedWithFinalizer(cs clientset.Interface, namespace, name string) {
 	ginkgo.By("Delete service with finalizer")
 	if err := cs.CoreV1().Services(namespace).Delete(name, nil); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to delete service %s/%s", namespace, name)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to delete service %s/%s", namespace, name)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Wait for service to disappear")
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ func waitForServiceDeletedWithFinalizer(cs clientset.Interface, namespace, name
 		e2elog.Logf("Service %s/%s still exists with finalizers: %v", namespace, name, svc.Finalizers)
 		return false, nil
 	}); pollErr != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to wait for service to disappear: %v", pollErr)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to wait for service to disappear: %v", pollErr)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@ func waitForServiceUpdatedWithFinalizer(cs clientset.Interface, namespace, name
 		}
 		return true, nil
 	}); pollErr != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to wait for service to hasFinalizer=%t: %v", hasFinalizer, pollErr)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to wait for service to hasFinalizer=%t: %v", hasFinalizer, pollErr)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 		serviceLBNames = append(serviceLBNames, cloudprovider.DefaultLoadBalancerName(svc))
 		healthCheckNodePort := int(svc.Spec.HealthCheckNodePort)
 		if healthCheckNodePort == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Service HealthCheck NodePort was not allocated")
+			e2elog.Failf("Service HealthCheck NodePort was not allocated")
 		}
 		defer func() {
 			jig.ChangeServiceType(svc.Namespace, svc.Name, v1.ServiceTypeClusterIP, loadBalancerCreateTimeout)
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By("checking if Source IP is preserved")
 		if strings.HasPrefix(clientIP, "10.") {
-			framework.Failf("Source IP was NOT preserved")
+			e2elog.Failf("Source IP was NOT preserved")
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -2058,7 +2058,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 			clientIP := content.String()
 			e2elog.Logf("ClientIP detected by target pod using NodePort is %s", clientIP)
 			if strings.HasPrefix(clientIP, "10.") {
-				framework.Failf("Source IP was NOT preserved")
+				e2elog.Failf("Source IP was NOT preserved")
 			}
 		}
 	})
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 
 		healthCheckNodePort := int(svc.Spec.HealthCheckNodePort)
 		if healthCheckNodePort == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Service HealthCheck NodePort was not allocated")
+			e2elog.Failf("Service HealthCheck NodePort was not allocated")
 		}
 
 		ips := e2enode.CollectAddresses(nodes, v1.NodeExternalIP)
@@ -2175,7 +2175,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 			srcIP = strings.TrimSpace(strings.Split(stdout, ":")[0])
 			return srcIP == execPod.Status.PodIP, nil
 		}); pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Source IP not preserved from %v, expected '%v' got '%v'", podName, execPod.Status.PodIP, srcIP)
+			e2elog.Failf("Source IP not preserved from %v, expected '%v' got '%v'", podName, execPod.Status.PodIP, srcIP)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 
 		nodes := jig.GetNodes(framework.MaxNodesForEndpointsTests)
 		if len(nodes.Items) < 2 {
-			framework.Failf("Need at least 2 nodes to verify source ip from a node without endpoint")
+			e2elog.Failf("Need at least 2 nodes to verify source ip from a node without endpoint")
 		}
 
 		svc := jig.CreateOnlyLocalLoadBalancerService(namespace, serviceName, loadBalancerCreateTimeout, true, nil)
@@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 			svc.Spec.ExternalTrafficPolicy = v1.ServiceExternalTrafficPolicyTypeCluster
 		})
 		if svc.Spec.HealthCheckNodePort > 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Service HealthCheck NodePort still present")
+			e2elog.Failf("Service HealthCheck NodePort still present")
 		}
 
 		endpointNodeMap := jig.GetEndpointNodes(svc)
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 				return false, nil
 			}
 			if pollErr := wait.PollImmediate(framework.Poll, framework.ServiceTestTimeout, pollfn); pollErr != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Kube-proxy still exposing health check on node %v:%v, after ESIPP was turned off. body %s",
+				e2elog.Failf("Kube-proxy still exposing health check on node %v:%v, after ESIPP was turned off. body %s",
 					nodeName, healthCheckNodePort, body.String())
 			}
 		}
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 			return false, nil
 		})
 		if pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Source IP WAS preserved even after ESIPP turned off. Got %v, expected a ten-dot cluster ip.", clientIP)
+			e2elog.Failf("Source IP WAS preserved even after ESIPP turned off. Got %v, expected a ten-dot cluster ip.", clientIP)
 		}
 
 		// TODO: We need to attempt to create another service with the previously
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ESIPP [Slow] [DisabledForLargeClusters]", func() {
 			return false, nil
 		})
 		if pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Source IP (%v) is not the client IP even after ESIPP turned on, expected a public IP.", clientIP)
+			e2elog.Failf("Source IP (%v) is not the client IP even after ESIPP turned on, expected a public IP.", clientIP)
 		}
 	})
 })
@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ func execSourceipTest(f *framework.Framework, c clientset.Interface, ns, nodeNam
 	outputs := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(stdout), "=")
 	if len(outputs) != 2 {
 		// ginkgo.Fail the test if output format is unexpected.
-		framework.Failf("exec pod returned unexpected stdout format: [%v]\n", stdout)
+		e2elog.Failf("exec pod returned unexpected stdout format: [%v]\n", stdout)
 	}
 	return execPod.Status.PodIP, outputs[1]
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/service_latency.go b/test/e2e/network/service_latency.go
index 1946e68c344..b54ac0e776c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/service_latency.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/service_latency.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Service endpoints latency", func() {
 		}
 		if n < 2 {
 			failing.Insert("Less than two runs succeeded; aborting.")
-			framework.Failf(strings.Join(failing.List(), "\n"))
+			e2elog.Failf(strings.Join(failing.List(), "\n"))
 		}
 		percentile := func(p int) time.Duration {
 			est := n * p / 100
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Service endpoints latency", func() {
 		if failing.Len() > 0 {
 			errList := strings.Join(failing.List(), "\n")
 			helpfulInfo := fmt.Sprintf("\n50, 90, 99 percentiles: %v %v %v", p50, p90, p99)
-			framework.Failf(errList + helpfulInfo)
+			e2elog.Failf(errList + helpfulInfo)
 		}
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/util_iperf.go b/test/e2e/network/util_iperf.go
index 8f47199de0d..77142060744 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/util_iperf.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/util_iperf.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 )
 
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ func NewIPerf(csvLine string) *IPerfResult {
 	csvLine = strings.Trim(csvLine, "\n")
 	slice := StrSlice(strings.Split(csvLine, ","))
 	if len(slice) != 9 {
-		framework.Failf("Incorrect fields in the output: %v (%v out of 9)", slice, len(slice))
+		e2elog.Failf("Incorrect fields in the output: %v (%v out of 9)", slice, len(slice))
 	}
 	i := IPerfResult{}
 	i.date = slice.get(0)
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ func (s StrSlice) get(i int) string {
 func intOrFail(debugName string, rawValue string) int64 {
 	value, err := strconv.ParseInt(rawValue, 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed parsing value %v from the string '%v' as an integer", debugName, rawValue)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed parsing value %v from the string '%v' as an integer", debugName, rawValue)
 	}
 	return value
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/crictl.go b/test/e2e/node/crictl.go
index 026dd546726..f0f885f86dd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/crictl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/crictl.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("crictl", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Getting all nodes' SSH-able IP addresses")
 		hosts, err := e2essh.NodeSSHHosts(f.ClientSet)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error getting node hostnames: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error getting node hostnames: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		testCases := []struct {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("crictl", func() {
 			result, err := e2essh.SSH(testCase.cmd, host, framework.TestContext.Provider)
 			stdout, stderr := strings.TrimSpace(result.Stdout), strings.TrimSpace(result.Stderr)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Ran %q on %q, got error %v", testCase.cmd, host, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Ran %q on %q, got error %v", testCase.cmd, host, err)
 			}
 			// Log the stdout/stderr output.
 			// TODO: Verify the output.
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/events.go b/test/e2e/node/events.go
index aa7841bf48e..a135804a04c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/events.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/events.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Events", func() {
 			podClient.Delete(pod.Name, nil)
 		}()
 		if _, err := podClient.Create(pod); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to create pod: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to create pod: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		framework.ExpectNoError(f.WaitForPodRunning(pod.Name))
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Events", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("retrieving the pod")
 		podWithUID, err := podClient.Get(pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to get pod: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to get pod: %v", err)
 		}
 		e2elog.Logf("%+v\n", podWithUID)
 		var events *v1.EventList
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/kubelet_perf.go b/test/e2e/node/kubelet_perf.go
index 1ea541e51d6..59dddf1b366 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/kubelet_perf.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/kubelet_perf.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func verifyMemoryLimits(c clientset.Interface, expected framework.ResourceUsageP
 		}
 	}
 	if len(errList) > 0 {
-		framework.Failf("Memory usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
+		e2elog.Failf("Memory usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func verifyCPULimits(expected framework.ContainersCPUSummary, actual framework.N
 		}
 	}
 	if len(errList) > 0 {
-		framework.Failf("CPU usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
+		e2elog.Failf("CPU usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/pod_gc.go b/test/e2e/node/pod_gc.go
index 73de4edc863..fb15094e5bb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/pod_gc.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/pod_gc.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Pod garbage collector [Feature:PodGarbageCollector] [Slow]"
 			pod.Status.Phase = v1.PodFailed
 			pod, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).UpdateStatus(pod)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("err failing pod: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("err failing pod: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			count++
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Pod garbage collector [Feature:PodGarbageCollector] [Slow]"
 			return true, nil
 		})
 		if pollErr != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to GC pods within %v, %v pods remaining, error: %v", timeout, len(pods.Items), err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to GC pods within %v, %v pods remaining, error: %v", timeout, len(pods.Items), err)
 		}
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/pre_stop.go b/test/e2e/node/pre_stop.go
index 0f88c801648..7c419986f24 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/pre_stop.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/pre_stop.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func testPreStop(c clientset.Interface, ns string) {
 
 		if err != nil {
 			if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Error validating prestop: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Error validating prestop: %v", err)
 				return true, err
 			}
 			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Error validating prestop: %v", err))
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/ssh.go b/test/e2e/node/ssh.go
index 85668576b48..5126c3e6746 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/ssh.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/ssh.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("SSH", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Getting all nodes' SSH-able IP addresses")
 		hosts, err := e2essh.NodeSSHHosts(f.ClientSet)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error getting node hostnames: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error getting node hostnames: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		testCases := []struct {
@@ -82,16 +82,16 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("SSH", func() {
 				result, err := e2essh.SSH(testCase.cmd, host, framework.TestContext.Provider)
 				stdout, stderr := strings.TrimSpace(result.Stdout), strings.TrimSpace(result.Stderr)
 				if err != testCase.expectedError {
-					framework.Failf("Ran %s on %s, got error %v, expected %v", testCase.cmd, host, err, testCase.expectedError)
+					e2elog.Failf("Ran %s on %s, got error %v, expected %v", testCase.cmd, host, err, testCase.expectedError)
 				}
 				if testCase.checkStdout && stdout != testCase.expectedStdout {
-					framework.Failf("Ran %s on %s, got stdout '%s', expected '%s'", testCase.cmd, host, stdout, testCase.expectedStdout)
+					e2elog.Failf("Ran %s on %s, got stdout '%s', expected '%s'", testCase.cmd, host, stdout, testCase.expectedStdout)
 				}
 				if stderr != testCase.expectedStderr {
-					framework.Failf("Ran %s on %s, got stderr '%s', expected '%s'", testCase.cmd, host, stderr, testCase.expectedStderr)
+					e2elog.Failf("Ran %s on %s, got stderr '%s', expected '%s'", testCase.cmd, host, stderr, testCase.expectedStderr)
 				}
 				if result.Code != testCase.expectedCode {
-					framework.Failf("Ran %s on %s, got exit code %d, expected %d", testCase.cmd, host, result.Code, testCase.expectedCode)
+					e2elog.Failf("Ran %s on %s, got exit code %d, expected %d", testCase.cmd, host, result.Code, testCase.expectedCode)
 				}
 				// Show stdout, stderr for logging purposes.
 				if len(stdout) > 0 {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("SSH", func() {
 		// Quickly test that SSH itself errors correctly.
 		ginkgo.By("SSH'ing to a nonexistent host")
 		if _, err = e2essh.SSH(`echo "hello"`, "i.do.not.exist", framework.TestContext.Provider); err == nil {
-			framework.Failf("Expected error trying to SSH to nonexistent host.")
+			e2elog.Failf("Expected error trying to SSH to nonexistent host.")
 		}
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/scalability/density.go b/test/e2e/scalability/density.go
index 330320e2340..e36f9c94ee5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scalability/density.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scalability/density.go
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Density", func() {
 				case batch.Kind("Job"):
 					configs[i] = &testutils.JobConfig{RCConfig: *baseConfig}
 				default:
-					framework.Failf("Unsupported kind: %v", itArg.kind)
+					e2elog.Failf("Unsupported kind: %v", itArg.kind)
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Density", func() {
 							if startTime != metav1.NewTime(time.Time{}) {
 								runTimes[p.Name] = startTime
 							} else {
-								framework.Failf("Pod %v is reported to be running, but none of its containers is", p.Name)
+								e2elog.Failf("Pod %v is reported to be running, but none of its containers is", p.Name)
 							}
 						}
 					}
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Density", func() {
 					waitTimeout := 10 * time.Minute
 					for start := time.Now(); len(watchTimes) < watchTimesLen+nodeCount; time.Sleep(10 * time.Second) {
 						if time.Since(start) < waitTimeout {
-							framework.Failf("Timeout reached waiting for all Pods being observed by the watch.")
+							e2elog.Failf("Timeout reached waiting for all Pods being observed by the watch.")
 						}
 					}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/scalability/load.go b/test/e2e/scalability/load.go
index ba42032ba49..6acd72bb263 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scalability/load.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scalability/load.go
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ func GenerateConfigsForGroup(
 		case batch.Kind("Job"):
 			config = &testutils.JobConfig{RCConfig: *baseConfig}
 		default:
-			framework.Failf("Unsupported kind for config creation: %v", kind)
+			e2elog.Failf("Unsupported kind for config creation: %v", kind)
 		}
 		configs = append(configs, config)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/limit_range.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/limit_range.go
index a595e8787e9..16bc7ca452b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/limit_range.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/limit_range.go
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("LimitRange", func() {
 		select {
 		case event, _ := <-w.ResultChan():
 			if event.Type != watch.Added {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to observe pod creation: %v", event)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to observe pod creation: %v", event)
 			}
 		case <-time.After(framework.ServiceRespondingTimeout):
-			framework.Failf("Timeout while waiting for LimitRange creation")
+			e2elog.Failf("Timeout while waiting for LimitRange creation")
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Fetching the LimitRange to ensure it has proper values")
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/nvidia-gpus.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/nvidia-gpus.go
index f1fe190d722..e734a9a75a7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/nvidia-gpus.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/nvidia-gpus.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func VerifyJobNCompletions(f *framework.Framework, completions int32) {
 		}
 	}
 	if successes != completions {
-		framework.Failf("Only got %v completions. Expected %v completions.", successes, completions)
+		e2elog.Failf("Only got %v completions. Expected %v completions.", successes, completions)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/preemption.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/preemption.go
index a20bd881ec6..93206baeb9e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/preemption.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/preemption.go
@@ -430,12 +430,12 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("PreemptionExecutionPath", func() {
 		var err error
 		node, err = cs.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("error getting node %q: %v", nodeName, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("error getting node %q: %v", nodeName, err)
 		}
 		var ok bool
 		nodeHostNameLabel, ok = node.GetObjectMeta().GetLabels()["kubernetes.io/hostname"]
 		if !ok {
-			framework.Failf("error getting kubernetes.io/hostname label on node %s", nodeName)
+			e2elog.Failf("error getting kubernetes.io/hostname label on node %s", nodeName)
 		}
 
 		// update Node API object with a fake resource
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("PreemptionExecutionPath", func() {
 		for i, got := range rsPodsSeen {
 			expected := maxRSPodsSeen[i]
 			if got > expected {
-				framework.Failf("pods of ReplicaSet%d have been over-preempted: expect %v pod names, but got %d", i+1, expected, got)
+				e2elog.Failf("pods of ReplicaSet%d have been over-preempted: expect %v pod names, but got %d", i+1, expected, got)
 			}
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/priorities.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/priorities.go
index 5c67c345608..0f432f4c503 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/priorities.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/priorities.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func computeCPUMemFraction(cs clientset.Interface, node v1.Node, resource *v1.Re
 	totalRequestedMemResource := resource.Requests.Memory().Value()
 	allpods, err := cs.CoreV1().Pods(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(metav1.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Expect error of invalid, got : %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Expect error of invalid, got : %v", err)
 	}
 	for _, pod := range allpods.Items {
 		if pod.Spec.NodeName == node.Name {
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/taint_based_evictions.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/taint_based_evictions.go
index a06f38b193f..2e4041f541c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/taint_based_evictions.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/taint_based_evictions.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	schedulerapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("TaintBasedEvictions [Serial]", func() {
 		nodeSelector := fields.OneTermEqualSelector("metadata.name", nodeName)
 		nodeList, err := cs.CoreV1().Nodes().List(metav1.ListOptions{FieldSelector: nodeSelector.String()})
 		if err != nil || len(nodeList.Items) != 1 {
-			framework.Failf("expected no err, got %v; expected len(nodes) = 1, got %v", err, len(nodeList.Items))
+			e2elog.Failf("expected no err, got %v; expected len(nodes) = 1, got %v", err, len(nodeList.Items))
 		}
 		node := nodeList.Items[0]
 
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("TaintBasedEvictions [Serial]", func() {
 			}
 
 			if ginkgo.CurrentGinkgoTestDescription().Failed {
-				framework.Failf("Current e2e test has failed, so return from here.")
+				e2elog.Failf("Current e2e test has failed, so return from here.")
 				return
 			}
 
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("TaintBasedEvictions [Serial]", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Expecting to see node %q becomes NotReady", nodeName))
 		if !e2enode.WaitForNodeToBeNotReady(cs, nodeName, time.Minute*3) {
-			framework.Failf("node %q doesn't turn to NotReady after 3 minutes", nodeName)
+			e2elog.Failf("node %q doesn't turn to NotReady after 3 minutes", nodeName)
 		}
 		ginkgo.By("Expecting to see unreachable=:NoExecute taint is applied")
 		err = framework.WaitForNodeHasTaintOrNot(cs, nodeName, taint, true, time.Second*30)
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("TaintBasedEvictions [Serial]", func() {
 		seconds, err := getTolerationSeconds(livePod1.Spec.Tolerations)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		if seconds != 200 {
-			framework.Failf("expect tolerationSeconds of pod1 is 200, but got %v", seconds)
+			e2elog.Failf("expect tolerationSeconds of pod1 is 200, but got %v", seconds)
 		}
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/taints.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/taints.go
index 9ff3e1f8ee1..128339f20e8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/taints.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/taints.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("NoExecuteTaintManager Single Pod [Serial]", func() {
 		timeoutChannel := time.NewTimer(time.Duration(kubeletPodDeletionDelaySeconds+additionalWaitPerDeleteSeconds) * time.Second).C
 		select {
 		case <-timeoutChannel:
-			framework.Failf("Failed to evict Pod")
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to evict Pod")
 		case <-observedDeletions:
 			e2elog.Logf("Noticed Pod eviction. Test successful")
 		}
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("NoExecuteTaintManager Single Pod [Serial]", func() {
 		case <-timeoutChannel:
 			e2elog.Logf("Pod wasn't evicted. Test successful")
 		case <-observedDeletions:
-			framework.Failf("Pod was evicted despite toleration")
+			e2elog.Failf("Pod was evicted despite toleration")
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("NoExecuteTaintManager Single Pod [Serial]", func() {
 		case <-timeoutChannel:
 			e2elog.Logf("Pod wasn't evicted")
 		case <-observedDeletions:
-			framework.Failf("Pod was evicted despite toleration")
+			e2elog.Failf("Pod was evicted despite toleration")
 			return
 		}
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for Pod to be deleted")
 		timeoutChannel = time.NewTimer(time.Duration(kubeletPodDeletionDelaySeconds+additionalWaitPerDeleteSeconds) * time.Second).C
 		select {
 		case <-timeoutChannel:
-			framework.Failf("Pod wasn't evicted")
+			e2elog.Failf("Pod wasn't evicted")
 		case <-observedDeletions:
 			e2elog.Logf("Pod was evicted after toleration time run out. Test successful")
 			return
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("NoExecuteTaintManager Single Pod [Serial]", func() {
 		case <-timeoutChannel:
 			e2elog.Logf("Pod wasn't evicted. Proceeding")
 		case <-observedDeletions:
-			framework.Failf("Pod was evicted despite toleration")
+			e2elog.Failf("Pod was evicted despite toleration")
 			return
 		}
 		e2elog.Logf("Removing taint from Node")
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("NoExecuteTaintManager Single Pod [Serial]", func() {
 		case <-timeoutChannel:
 			e2elog.Logf("Pod wasn't evicted. Test successful")
 		case <-observedDeletions:
-			framework.Failf("Pod was evicted despite toleration")
+			e2elog.Failf("Pod was evicted despite toleration")
 		}
 	})
 })
@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("NoExecuteTaintManager Multiple Pods [Serial]", func() {
 			select {
 			case <-timeoutChannel:
 				if evicted == 0 {
-					framework.Failf("Failed to evict Pod1.")
+					e2elog.Failf("Failed to evict Pod1.")
 				} else if evicted == 2 {
-					framework.Failf("Pod1 is evicted. But unexpected Pod2 also get evicted.")
+					e2elog.Failf("Pod1 is evicted. But unexpected Pod2 also get evicted.")
 				}
 				return
 			case podName := <-observedDeletions:
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("NoExecuteTaintManager Multiple Pods [Serial]", func() {
 				if podName == podGroup+"1" {
 					e2elog.Logf("Noticed Pod %q gets evicted.", podName)
 				} else if podName == podGroup+"2" {
-					framework.Failf("Unexepected Pod %q gets evicted.", podName)
+					e2elog.Failf("Unexepected Pod %q gets evicted.", podName)
 					return
 				}
 			}
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("NoExecuteTaintManager Multiple Pods [Serial]", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		nodeHostNameLabel, ok := node.GetObjectMeta().GetLabels()["kubernetes.io/hostname"]
 		if !ok {
-			framework.Failf("error getting kubernetes.io/hostname label on node %s", nodeName)
+			e2elog.Failf("error getting kubernetes.io/hostname label on node %s", nodeName)
 		}
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		e2elog.Logf("Pod1 is running on %v. Tainting Node", nodeName)
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("NoExecuteTaintManager Multiple Pods [Serial]", func() {
 		for evicted != 2 {
 			select {
 			case <-timeoutChannel:
-				framework.Failf("Failed to evict all Pods. %d pod(s) is not evicted.", 2-evicted)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to evict all Pods. %d pod(s) is not evicted.", 2-evicted)
 				return
 			case podName := <-observedDeletions:
 				e2elog.Logf("Noticed Pod %q gets evicted.", podName)
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/ubernetes_lite_volumes.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/ubernetes_lite_volumes.go
index 3655a161c31..5cb3fc109dd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/ubernetes_lite_volumes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/ubernetes_lite_volumes.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func OnlyAllowNodeZones(f *framework.Framework, zoneCount int, image string) {
 			e2elog.Logf("deleting claim %q/%q", pvc.Namespace, pvc.Name)
 			err = c.CoreV1().PersistentVolumeClaims(pvc.Namespace).Delete(pvc.Name, nil)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Error deleting claim %q. Error: %v", pvc.Name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Error deleting claim %q. Error: %v", pvc.Name, err)
 			}
 		}()
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/servicecatalog/BUILD b/test/e2e/servicecatalog/BUILD
index 981fe75ba4c..186c0b96f5e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/servicecatalog/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/servicecatalog/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
+        "//test/e2e/framework/log:go_default_library",
         "//test/utils/image:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/servicecatalog/podpreset.go b/test/e2e/servicecatalog/podpreset.go
index 4f992aed9bb..ca34af99ad4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/servicecatalog/podpreset.go
+++ b/test/e2e/servicecatalog/podpreset.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -136,10 +137,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:PodPreset] PodPreset", func() {
 		select {
 		case event, _ := <-w.ResultChan():
 			if event.Type != watch.Added {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to observe pod creation: %v", event)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to observe pod creation: %v", event)
 			}
 		case <-time.After(framework.PodStartTimeout):
-			framework.Failf("Timeout while waiting for pod creation")
+			e2elog.Failf("Timeout while waiting for pod creation")
 		}
 
 		// We need to wait for the pod to be running, otherwise the deletion
@@ -153,15 +154,15 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:PodPreset] PodPreset", func() {
 
 		// check the annotation is there
 		if _, ok := pod.Annotations["podpreset.admission.kubernetes.io/podpreset-hello"]; !ok {
-			framework.Failf("Annotation not found in pod annotations: \n%v\n", pod.Annotations)
+			e2elog.Failf("Annotation not found in pod annotations: \n%v\n", pod.Annotations)
 		}
 
 		// verify the env is the same
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(pip.Spec.Env, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env) {
-			framework.Failf("env of pod container does not match the env of the pip: expected %#v, got: %#v", pip.Spec.Env, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env)
+			e2elog.Failf("env of pod container does not match the env of the pip: expected %#v, got: %#v", pip.Spec.Env, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env)
 		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(pip.Spec.Env, pod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env) {
-			framework.Failf("env of pod init container does not match the env of the pip: expected %#v, got: %#v", pip.Spec.Env, pod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env)
+			e2elog.Failf("env of pod init container does not match the env of the pip: expected %#v, got: %#v", pip.Spec.Env, pod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -256,10 +257,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:PodPreset] PodPreset", func() {
 		select {
 		case event, _ := <-w.ResultChan():
 			if event.Type != watch.Added {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to observe pod creation: %v", event)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to observe pod creation: %v", event)
 			}
 		case <-time.After(framework.PodStartTimeout):
-			framework.Failf("Timeout while waiting for pod creation")
+			e2elog.Failf("Timeout while waiting for pod creation")
 		}
 
 		// We need to wait for the pod to be running, otherwise the deletion
@@ -273,15 +274,15 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:PodPreset] PodPreset", func() {
 
 		// check the annotation is not there
 		if _, ok := pod.Annotations["podpreset.admission.kubernetes.io/podpreset-hello"]; ok {
-			framework.Failf("Annotation found in pod annotations and should not be: \n%v\n", pod.Annotations)
+			e2elog.Failf("Annotation found in pod annotations and should not be: \n%v\n", pod.Annotations)
 		}
 
 		// verify the env is the same
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(originalPod.Spec.Containers[0].Env, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env) {
-			framework.Failf("env of pod container does not match the env of the original pod: expected %#v, got: %#v", originalPod.Spec.Containers[0].Env, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env)
+			e2elog.Failf("env of pod container does not match the env of the original pod: expected %#v, got: %#v", originalPod.Spec.Containers[0].Env, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env)
 		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(originalPod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env, pod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env) {
-			framework.Failf("env of pod init container does not match the env of the original pod: expected %#v, got: %#v", originalPod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env, pod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env)
+			e2elog.Failf("env of pod init container does not match the env of the original pod: expected %#v, got: %#v", originalPod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env, pod.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env)
 		}
 
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/csi_mock_volume.go b/test/e2e/storage/csi_mock_volume.go
index b340ded27da..205d16c808c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/csi_mock_volume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/csi_mock_volume.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("CSI mock volume", func() {
 
 				pvcSize := pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceStorage]
 				if pvcSize.Cmp(newSize) != 0 {
-					framework.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
+					e2elog.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
 				}
 				if test.expectFailure {
 					err = waitForResizingCondition(pvc, m.cs, csiResizingConditionWait)
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("CSI mock volume", func() {
 
 				pvcSize := pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceStorage]
 				if pvcSize.Cmp(newSize) != 0 {
-					framework.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
+					e2elog.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
 				}
 
 				ginkgo.By("Waiting for persistent volume resize to finish")
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/drivers/csi.go b/test/e2e/storage/drivers/csi.go
index 12537856b2d..06b57b4dfec 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/drivers/csi.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/drivers/csi.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/testpatterns"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/testsuites"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ func (h *hostpathCSIDriver) PrepareTest(f *framework.Framework) (*testsuites.Per
 	},
 		h.manifests...)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("deploying %s driver: %v", h.driverInfo.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("deploying %s driver: %v", h.driverInfo.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	return config, func() {
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ func (m *mockCSIDriver) PrepareTest(f *framework.Framework) (*testsuites.PerTest
 	},
 		m.manifests...)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("deploying csi mock driver: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("deploying csi mock driver: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return config, func() {
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ func (g *gcePDCSIDriver) PrepareTest(f *framework.Framework) (*testsuites.PerTes
 
 	cleanup, err := f.CreateFromManifests(nil, manifests...)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("deploying csi gce-pd driver: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("deploying csi gce-pd driver: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return &testsuites.PerTestConfig{
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go b/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go
index 8b5d21316ac..79845a5c73c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func (n *nfsDriver) CreateVolume(config *testsuites.PerTestConfig, volType testp
 	case testpatterns.DynamicPV:
 		// Do nothing
 	default:
-		framework.Failf("Unsupported volType:%v is specified", volType)
+		e2elog.Failf("Unsupported volType:%v is specified", volType)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -317,14 +317,14 @@ func (v *glusterVolume) DeleteVolume() {
 	err := cs.CoreV1().Endpoints(ns.Name).Delete(name, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			framework.Failf("Gluster delete endpoints failed: %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Gluster delete endpoints failed: %v", err)
 		}
 		e2elog.Logf("Gluster endpoints %q not found, assuming deleted", name)
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("Deleting Gluster server pod %q...", v.serverPod.Name)
 	err = framework.DeletePodWithWait(f, cs, v.serverPod)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Gluster server pod delete failed: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Gluster server pod delete failed: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ func (l *localDriver) CreateVolume(config *testsuites.PerTestConfig, volType tes
 			ltr:    l.ltrMgr.Create(node, l.volumeType, nil),
 		}
 	default:
-		framework.Failf("Unsupported volType: %v is specified", volType)
+		e2elog.Failf("Unsupported volType: %v is specified", volType)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1750,11 +1750,11 @@ func (v *localVolume) DeleteVolume() {
 func (l *localDriver) nodeAffinityForNode(node *v1.Node) *v1.VolumeNodeAffinity {
 	nodeKey := "kubernetes.io/hostname"
 	if node.Labels == nil {
-		framework.Failf("Node does not have labels")
+		e2elog.Failf("Node does not have labels")
 	}
 	nodeValue, found := node.Labels[nodeKey]
 	if !found {
-		framework.Failf("Node does not have required label %q", nodeKey)
+		e2elog.Failf("Node does not have required label %q", nodeKey)
 	}
 	return &v1.VolumeNodeAffinity{
 		Required: &v1.NodeSelector{
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/empty_dir_wrapper.go b/test/e2e/storage/empty_dir_wrapper.go
index a02116503f6..c1f557eb070 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/empty_dir_wrapper.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/empty_dir_wrapper.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("EmptyDir wrapper volumes", func() {
 
 		var err error
 		if secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(secret); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", secret.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		configMapVolumeName := "configmap-volume"
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("EmptyDir wrapper volumes", func() {
 		}
 
 		if configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configMap %s: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		pod := &v1.Pod{
@@ -147,15 +148,15 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("EmptyDir wrapper volumes", func() {
 		defer func() {
 			ginkgo.By("Cleaning up the secret")
 			if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(secret.Name, nil); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("unable to delete secret %v: %v", secret.Name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("unable to delete secret %v: %v", secret.Name, err)
 			}
 			ginkgo.By("Cleaning up the configmap")
 			if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(configMap.Name, nil); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("unable to delete configmap %v: %v", configMap.Name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("unable to delete configmap %v: %v", configMap.Name, err)
 			}
 			ginkgo.By("Cleaning up the pod")
 			if err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(pod.Name, metav1.NewDeleteOptions(0)); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("unable to delete pod %v: %v", pod.Name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("unable to delete pod %v: %v", pod.Name, err)
 			}
 		}()
 	})
@@ -253,17 +254,17 @@ func createGitServer(f *framework.Framework) (gitURL string, gitRepo string, cle
 	}
 
 	if gitServerSvc, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Services(f.Namespace.Name).Create(gitServerSvc); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test git server service %s: %v", gitServerSvc.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test git server service %s: %v", gitServerSvc.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	return "http://" + gitServerSvc.Spec.ClusterIP + ":" + strconv.Itoa(httpPort), "test", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Cleaning up the git server pod")
 		if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(gitServerPod.Name, metav1.NewDeleteOptions(0)); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to delete git server pod %v: %v", gitServerPod.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to delete git server pod %v: %v", gitServerPod.Name, err)
 		}
 		ginkgo.By("Cleaning up the git server svc")
 		if err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Services(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(gitServerSvc.Name, nil); err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("unable to delete git server svc %v: %v", gitServerSvc.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to delete git server svc %v: %v", gitServerSvc.Name, err)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go
index 66b6ab3e3ae..b0b743411a6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	apierrs "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
 	e2essh "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/ssh"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/testfiles"
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func uninstallFlex(c clientset.Interface, node *v1.Node, vendor, driver string)
 	}
 
 	if host == "" {
-		framework.Failf("Error getting node ip : %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Error getting node ip : %v", err)
 	}
 
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("sudo rm -r %s", flexDir)
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ func sshAndLog(cmd, host string, failOnError bool) {
 	e2essh.LogResult(result)
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	if result.Code != 0 && failOnError {
-		framework.Failf("%s returned non-zero, stderr: %s", cmd, result.Stderr)
+		e2elog.Failf("%s returned non-zero, stderr: %s", cmd, result.Stderr)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume_mounted_volume_resize.go b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume_mounted_volume_resize.go
index cb8a24c1ee2..b547b32caa7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume_mounted_volume_resize.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume_mounted_volume_resize.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Mounted flexvolume expand[Slow]", func() {
 		if len(nodeList.Items) != 0 {
 			nodeName = nodeList.Items[0].Name
 		} else {
-			framework.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
+			e2elog.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
 		}
 
 		nodeKey = "mounted_flexvolume_expand"
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Mounted flexvolume expand[Slow]", func() {
 
 		if c != nil {
 			if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(c, ns, nil, pvc); len(errs) > 0 {
-				framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+				e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 			}
 			pvc, nodeName, isNodeLabeled, nodeLabelValue = nil, "", false, ""
 			nodeKeyValueLabel = make(map[string]string)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Mounted flexvolume expand[Slow]", func() {
 
 		pvcSize := pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceStorage]
 		if pvcSize.Cmp(newSize) != 0 {
-			framework.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
+			e2elog.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for cloudprovider resize to finish")
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume_online_resize.go b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume_online_resize.go
index 956865e30ea..196a8f884fd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume_online_resize.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume_online_resize.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Mounted flexvolume volume expand [Slow] [Feature:Expa
 
 		nodeList = framework.GetReadySchedulableNodesOrDie(f.ClientSet)
 		if len(nodeList.Items) == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
+			e2elog.Failf("unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
 		}
 		nodeName = nodeList.Items[0].Name
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Mounted flexvolume volume expand [Slow] [Feature:Expa
 
 		if c != nil {
 			if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(c, ns, nil, pvc); len(errs) > 0 {
-				framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+				e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 			}
 			pvc, nodeName, isNodeLabeled, nodeLabelValue = nil, "", false, ""
 			nodeKeyValueLabel = make(map[string]string)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Mounted flexvolume volume expand [Slow] [Feature:Expa
 
 		pvcSize := pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceStorage]
 		if pvcSize.Cmp(newSize) != 0 {
-			framework.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
+			e2elog.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for cloudprovider resize to finish")
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/mounted_volume_resize.go b/test/e2e/storage/mounted_volume_resize.go
index 843e8a954be..9c996f2e235 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/mounted_volume_resize.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/mounted_volume_resize.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Mounted volume expand", func() {
 		if len(nodeList.Items) != 0 {
 			nodeName = nodeList.Items[0].Name
 		} else {
-			framework.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
+			e2elog.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
 		}
 
 		nodeKey = "mounted_volume_expand"
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Mounted volume expand", func() {
 
 		if c != nil {
 			if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(c, ns, nil, pvc); len(errs) > 0 {
-				framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+				e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 			}
 			pvc, nodeName, isNodeLabeled, nodeLabelValue = nil, "", false, ""
 			nodeKeyValueLabel = make(map[string]string)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Mounted volume expand", func() {
 
 		pvcSize := pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceStorage]
 		if pvcSize.Cmp(newSize) != 0 {
-			framework.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
+			e2elog.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for cloudprovider resize to finish")
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/nfs_persistent_volume-disruptive.go b/test/e2e/storage/nfs_persistent_volume-disruptive.go
index 64b90b4d061..c9ccd4dfdf7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/nfs_persistent_volume-disruptive.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/nfs_persistent_volume-disruptive.go
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("NFSPersistentVolumes[Disruptive][Flaky]", func() {
 
 			// Delete PV and PVCs
 			if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(c, ns, pv1, pvc1); len(errs) > 0 {
-				framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+				e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 			}
 			pv1, pvc1 = nil, nil
 			if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(c, ns, pv2, pvc2); len(errs) > 0 {
-				framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+				e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 			}
 			pv2, pvc2 = nil, nil
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/pd.go b/test/e2e/storage/pd.go
index 07bdafb4bc5..c79d4d07a52 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/pd.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/pd.go
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Pod Disks", func() {
 						// if this defer is reached due to an Expect then nested
 						// Expects are lost, so use Failf here
 						if numNodes != origNodeCnt {
-							framework.Failf("defer: Requires current node count (%d) to return to original node count (%d)", numNodes, origNodeCnt)
+							e2elog.Failf("defer: Requires current node count (%d) to return to original node count (%d)", numNodes, origNodeCnt)
 						}
 					}
 				}()
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ func testPDPod(diskNames []string, targetNode types.NodeName, readOnly bool, num
 	// escape if not a supported provider
 	if !(framework.TestContext.Provider == "gce" || framework.TestContext.Provider == "gke" ||
 		framework.TestContext.Provider == "aws") {
-		framework.Failf(fmt.Sprintf("func `testPDPod` only supports gce, gke, and aws providers, not %v", framework.TestContext.Provider))
+		e2elog.Failf(fmt.Sprintf("func `testPDPod` only supports gce, gke, and aws providers, not %v", framework.TestContext.Provider))
 	}
 
 	containers := make([]v1.Container, numContainers)
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes-gce.go b/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes-gce.go
index d79d67c44b1..be18b852ada 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes-gce.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes-gce.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("PersistentVolumes GCEPD", func() {
 		if c != nil {
 			framework.ExpectNoError(framework.DeletePodWithWait(f, c, clientPod))
 			if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(c, ns, pv, pvc); len(errs) > 0 {
-				framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+				e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 			}
 			clientPod, pv, pvc, node = nil, nil, nil, ""
 			if diskName != "" {
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes-local.go b/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes-local.go
index eb5743399db..4b18ed918f9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes-local.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes-local.go
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ func cleanupLocalPVCsPVs(config *localTestConfig, volumes []*localTestVolume) {
 		ginkgo.By("Cleaning up PVC and PV")
 		errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(config.client, config.ns, volume.pv, volume.pvc)
 		if len(errs) > 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Failed to delete PV and/or PVC: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+			e2elog.Failf("Failed to delete PV and/or PVC: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -870,11 +870,11 @@ func makeLocalPVConfig(config *localTestConfig, volume *localTestVolume) framewo
 	// TODO: hostname may not be the best option
 	nodeKey := "kubernetes.io/hostname"
 	if volume.ltr.Node.Labels == nil {
-		framework.Failf("Node does not have labels")
+		e2elog.Failf("Node does not have labels")
 	}
 	nodeValue, found := volume.ltr.Node.Labels[nodeKey]
 	if !found {
-		framework.Failf("Node does not have required label %q", nodeKey)
+		e2elog.Failf("Node does not have required label %q", nodeKey)
 	}
 
 	pvConfig := framework.PersistentVolumeConfig{
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes.go b/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes.go
index 92009a7fe08..026ccca66cd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/persistent_volumes.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("PersistentVolumes", func() {
 			ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
 				e2elog.Logf("AfterEach: Cleaning up test resources.")
 				if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(c, ns, pv, pvc); len(errs) > 0 {
-					framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+					e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 				}
 			})
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("PersistentVolumes", func() {
 					for _, e := range errs {
 						errmsg = append(errmsg, e.Error())
 					}
-					framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete 1 or more PVs/PVCs. Errors: %v", strings.Join(errmsg, "; "))
+					e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete 1 or more PVs/PVCs. Errors: %v", strings.Join(errmsg, "; "))
 				}
 			})
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("PersistentVolumes", func() {
 			ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
 				e2elog.Logf("AfterEach: Cleaning up test resources.")
 				if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(c, ns, pv, pvc); len(errs) > 0 {
-					framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+					e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 				}
 			})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/pv_protection.go b/test/e2e/storage/pv_protection.go
index 820607ed570..b2ae9813889 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/pv_protection.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/pv_protection.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("PV Protection", func() {
 	ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
 		e2elog.Logf("AfterEach: Cleaning up test resources.")
 		if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(client, nameSpace, pv, pvc); len(errs) > 0 {
-			framework.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+			e2elog.Failf("AfterEach: Failed to delete PVC and/or PV. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 		}
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/regional_pd.go b/test/e2e/storage/regional_pd.go
index 19897bc88c2..7da41614d53 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/regional_pd.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/regional_pd.go
@@ -340,11 +340,11 @@ func testRegionalDelayedBinding(c clientset.Interface, ns string, pvcCount int)
 	}
 	pvs, node := test.TestBindingWaitForFirstConsumerMultiPVC(claims, nil /* node selector */, false /* expect unschedulable */)
 	if node == nil {
-		framework.Failf("unexpected nil node found")
+		e2elog.Failf("unexpected nil node found")
 	}
 	zone, ok := node.Labels[v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain]
 	if !ok {
-		framework.Failf("label %s not found on Node", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain)
+		e2elog.Failf("label %s not found on Node", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain)
 	}
 	for _, pv := range pvs {
 		checkZoneFromLabelAndAffinity(pv, zone, false)
@@ -400,11 +400,11 @@ func testRegionalAllowedTopologiesWithDelayedBinding(c clientset.Interface, ns s
 	}
 	pvs, node := test.TestBindingWaitForFirstConsumerMultiPVC(claims, nil /* node selector */, false /* expect unschedulable */)
 	if node == nil {
-		framework.Failf("unexpected nil node found")
+		e2elog.Failf("unexpected nil node found")
 	}
 	nodeZone, ok := node.Labels[v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain]
 	if !ok {
-		framework.Failf("label %s not found on Node", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain)
+		e2elog.Failf("label %s not found on Node", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain)
 	}
 	zoneFound := false
 	for _, zone := range topoZones {
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func testRegionalAllowedTopologiesWithDelayedBinding(c clientset.Interface, ns s
 		}
 	}
 	if !zoneFound {
-		framework.Failf("zones specified in AllowedTopologies: %v does not contain zone of node where PV got provisioned: %s", topoZones, nodeZone)
+		e2elog.Failf("zones specified in AllowedTopologies: %v does not contain zone of node where PV got provisioned: %s", topoZones, nodeZone)
 	}
 	for _, pv := range pvs {
 		checkZonesFromLabelAndAffinity(pv, sets.NewString(topoZones...), true)
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/base.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/base.go
index ca9ef9264c2..927aa597899 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/base.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/base.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func createGenericVolumeTestResource(driver TestDriver, config *PerTestConfig, p
 			r.volType = fmt.Sprintf("%s-dynamicPV", dInfo.Name)
 		}
 	default:
-		framework.Failf("genericVolumeTestResource doesn't support: %s", volType)
+		e2elog.Failf("genericVolumeTestResource doesn't support: %s", volType)
 	}
 
 	if r.volSource == nil {
@@ -246,13 +246,13 @@ func (r *genericVolumeTestResource) cleanupResource() {
 		case testpatterns.PreprovisionedPV:
 			ginkgo.By("Deleting pv and pvc")
 			if errs := framework.PVPVCCleanup(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, r.pv, r.pvc); len(errs) != 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to delete PVC or PV: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to delete PVC or PV: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 			}
 		case testpatterns.DynamicPV:
 			ginkgo.By("Deleting pvc")
 			// We only delete the PVC so that PV (and disk) can be cleaned up by dynamic provisioner
 			if r.pv != nil && r.pv.Spec.PersistentVolumeReclaimPolicy != v1.PersistentVolumeReclaimDelete {
-				framework.Failf("Test framework does not currently support Dynamically Provisioned Persistent Volume %v specified with reclaim policy that isnt %v",
+				e2elog.Failf("Test framework does not currently support Dynamically Provisioned Persistent Volume %v specified with reclaim policy that isnt %v",
 					r.pv.Name, v1.PersistentVolumeReclaimDelete)
 			}
 			if r.pvc != nil {
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func (r *genericVolumeTestResource) cleanupResource() {
 				}
 			}
 		default:
-			framework.Failf("Found PVC (%v) or PV (%v) but not running Preprovisioned or Dynamic test pattern", r.pvc, r.pv)
+			e2elog.Failf("Found PVC (%v) or PV (%v) but not running Preprovisioned or Dynamic test pattern", r.pvc, r.pv)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ func validateMigrationVolumeOpCounts(cs clientset.Interface, pluginName string,
 
 		for op, count := range newInTreeOps {
 			if count != oldInTreeOps[op] {
-				framework.Failf("In-tree plugin %v migrated to CSI Driver, however found %v %v metrics for in-tree plugin", pluginName, count-oldInTreeOps[op], op)
+				e2elog.Failf("In-tree plugin %v migrated to CSI Driver, however found %v %v metrics for in-tree plugin", pluginName, count-oldInTreeOps[op], op)
 			}
 		}
 		// We don't check for migrated metrics because some negative test cases
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/driveroperations.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/driveroperations.go
index 4d4298e61a7..54be67b64c6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/driveroperations.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/driveroperations.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/names"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/testpatterns"
 )
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func CreateVolume(driver TestDriver, config *PerTestConfig, volType testpatterns
 	case testpatterns.DynamicPV:
 		// No need to create volume
 	default:
-		framework.Failf("Invalid volType specified: %v", volType)
+		e2elog.Failf("Invalid volType specified: %v", volType)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/multivolume.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/multivolume.go
index c7508a4865c..ac3a08a96d9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/multivolume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/multivolume.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/testpatterns"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
 )
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ func TestConcurrentAccessToSingleVolume(f *framework.Framework, cs clientset.Int
 
 	// Delete the last pod and remove from slice of pods
 	if len(pods) < 2 {
-		framework.Failf("Number of pods shouldn't be less than 2, but got %d", len(pods))
+		e2elog.Failf("Number of pods shouldn't be less than 2, but got %d", len(pods))
 	}
 	lastPod := pods[len(pods)-1]
 	framework.ExpectNoError(framework.DeletePodWithWait(f, cs, lastPod))
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
index c545c85f7c1..25cdc1e405f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (p *provisioningTestSuite) defineTests(driver TestDriver, pattern testpatte
 
 		sDriver, ok := driver.(SnapshottableTestDriver)
 		if !ok {
-			framework.Failf("Driver %q has CapDataSource but does not implement SnapshottableTestDriver", dInfo.Name)
+			e2elog.Failf("Driver %q has CapDataSource but does not implement SnapshottableTestDriver", dInfo.Name)
 		}
 
 		init()
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func (t StorageClassTest) TestDynamicProvisioning() *v1.PersistentVolume {
 		// typically this claim has already been deleted
 		err = client.CoreV1().PersistentVolumeClaims(claim.Namespace).Delete(claim.Name, nil)
 		if err != nil && !apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
-			framework.Failf("Error deleting claim %q. Error: %v", claim.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error deleting claim %q. Error: %v", claim.Name, err)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -667,13 +667,13 @@ func prepareDataSourceForProvisioning(
 		e2elog.Logf("deleting snapshot %q/%q", snapshot.GetNamespace(), snapshot.GetName())
 		err = dynamicClient.Resource(snapshotGVR).Namespace(updatedClaim.Namespace).Delete(snapshot.GetName(), nil)
 		if err != nil && !apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
-			framework.Failf("Error deleting snapshot %q. Error: %v", snapshot.GetName(), err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error deleting snapshot %q. Error: %v", snapshot.GetName(), err)
 		}
 
 		e2elog.Logf("deleting initClaim %q/%q", updatedClaim.Namespace, updatedClaim.Name)
 		err = client.CoreV1().PersistentVolumeClaims(updatedClaim.Namespace).Delete(updatedClaim.Name, nil)
 		if err != nil && !apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
-			framework.Failf("Error deleting initClaim %q. Error: %v", updatedClaim.Name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error deleting initClaim %q. Error: %v", updatedClaim.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		e2elog.Logf("deleting SnapshotClass %s", snapshotClass.GetName())
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/snapshottable.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/snapshottable.go
index f5a2be989b3..8bd43bbd888 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/snapshottable.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/snapshottable.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (s *snapshottableTestSuite) defineTests(driver TestDriver, pattern testpatt
 			// typically this claim has already been deleted
 			err = cs.CoreV1().PersistentVolumeClaims(pvc.Namespace).Delete(pvc.Name, nil)
 			if err != nil && !apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
-				framework.Failf("Error deleting claim %q. Error: %v", pvc.Name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Error deleting claim %q. Error: %v", pvc.Name, err)
 			}
 		}()
 		err = framework.WaitForPersistentVolumeClaimPhase(v1.ClaimBound, cs, pvc.Namespace, pvc.Name, framework.Poll, framework.ClaimProvisionTimeout)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (s *snapshottableTestSuite) defineTests(driver TestDriver, pattern testpatt
 			// typically this snapshot has already been deleted
 			err = dc.Resource(snapshotGVR).Namespace(snapshot.GetNamespace()).Delete(snapshot.GetName(), nil)
 			if err != nil && !apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
-				framework.Failf("Error deleting snapshot %q. Error: %v", pvc.Name, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Error deleting snapshot %q. Error: %v", pvc.Name, err)
 			}
 		}()
 		err = WaitForSnapshotReady(dc, snapshot.GetNamespace(), snapshot.GetName(), framework.Poll, framework.SnapshotCreateTimeout)
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/subpath.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/subpath.go
index 981c9bebf22..4d23bef12c1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/subpath.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/subpath.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (s *subPathTestSuite) defineTests(driver TestDriver, pattern testpatterns.T
 				},
 			}
 		default:
-			framework.Failf("SubPath test doesn't support: %s", volType)
+			e2elog.Failf("SubPath test doesn't support: %s", volType)
 		}
 
 		subPath := f.Namespace.Name
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volumemode.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volumemode.go
index 6bd3b6ae2d7..dc4ae4562f0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volumemode.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/volumemode.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/testpatterns"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
 )
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ func (t *volumeModeTestSuite) defineTests(driver TestDriver, pattern testpattern
 				l.pvc.Spec.VolumeMode = &pattern.VolMode
 			}
 		default:
-			framework.Failf("Volume mode test doesn't support: %s", pattern.VolType)
+			e2elog.Failf("Volume mode test doesn't support: %s", pattern.VolType)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ func (t *volumeModeTestSuite) defineTests(driver TestDriver, pattern testpattern
 			// TODO(mkimuram): Add more tests
 		}
 	default:
-		framework.Failf("Volume mode test doesn't support volType: %v", pattern.VolType)
+		e2elog.Failf("Volume mode test doesn't support volType: %v", pattern.VolType)
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/utils/local.go b/test/e2e/storage/utils/local.go
index 5220ac636dd..b57dff836db 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/utils/local.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/utils/local.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 )
 
 // LocalVolumeType represents type of local volume, e.g. tmpfs, directory,
@@ -309,11 +310,11 @@ func (l *ltrMgr) Create(node *v1.Node, volumeType LocalVolumeType, parameters ma
 	case LocalVolumeGCELocalSSD:
 		ltr = l.setupLocalVolumeGCELocalSSD(node, parameters)
 	default:
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create local test resource on node %q, unsupported volume type: %v is specified", node.Name, volumeType)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create local test resource on node %q, unsupported volume type: %v is specified", node.Name, volumeType)
 		return nil
 	}
 	if ltr == nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to create local test resource on node %q, volume type: %v, parameters: %v", node.Name, volumeType, parameters)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to create local test resource on node %q, volume type: %v, parameters: %v", node.Name, volumeType, parameters)
 	}
 	ltr.VolumeType = volumeType
 	return ltr
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ func (l *ltrMgr) Remove(ltr *LocalTestResource) {
 	case LocalVolumeGCELocalSSD:
 		l.cleanupLocalVolumeGCELocalSSD(ltr)
 	default:
-		framework.Failf("Failed to remove local test resource, unsupported volume type: %v is specified", ltr.VolumeType)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to remove local test resource, unsupported volume type: %v is specified", ltr.VolumeType)
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/utils/utils.go b/test/e2e/storage/utils/utils.go
index 72fbbc2afe9..6c5fb6e94a5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/utils/utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/utils/utils.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func KubeletCommand(kOp KubeletOpt, c clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod) {
 
 	if kOp == KStop {
 		if ok := e2enode.WaitForNodeToBeNotReady(c, pod.Spec.NodeName, NodeStateTimeout); !ok {
-			framework.Failf("Node %s failed to enter NotReady state", pod.Spec.NodeName)
+			e2elog.Failf("Node %s failed to enter NotReady state", pod.Spec.NodeName)
 		}
 	}
 	if kOp == KRestart {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func KubeletCommand(kOp KubeletOpt, c clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod) {
 	if kOp == KStart || kOp == KRestart {
 		// For kubelet start and restart operations, Wait until Node becomes Ready
 		if ok := e2enode.WaitForNodeToBeReady(c, pod.Spec.NodeName, NodeStateTimeout); !ok {
-			framework.Failf("Node %s failed to enter Ready state", pod.Spec.NodeName)
+			e2elog.Failf("Node %s failed to enter Ready state", pod.Spec.NodeName)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/volume_expand.go b/test/e2e/storage/volume_expand.go
index c3828f9baee..3047092e794 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/volume_expand.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/volume_expand.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Volume expand", func() {
 
 		pvcSize := pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceStorage]
 		if pvcSize.Cmp(newSize) != 0 {
-			framework.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
+			e2elog.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for cloudprovider resize to finish")
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Volume expand", func() {
 
 		pvcSize := pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceStorage]
 		if pvcSize.Cmp(newSize) != 0 {
-			framework.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
+			e2elog.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for cloudprovider resize to finish")
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Volume expand", func() {
 
 		pvcSize := pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[v1.ResourceStorage]
 		if pvcSize.Cmp(newSize) != 0 {
-			framework.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
+			e2elog.Failf("error updating pvc size %q", pvc.Name)
 		}
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for cloudprovider resize to finish")
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/volume_limits.go b/test/e2e/storage/volume_limits.go
index 97c82b25907..97cc7e06c64 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/volume_limits.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/volume_limits.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	v1helper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
 )
 
@@ -39,12 +40,12 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Volume limits", func() {
 	ginkgo.It("should verify that all nodes have volume limits", func() {
 		nodeList := framework.GetReadySchedulableNodesOrDie(f.ClientSet)
 		if len(nodeList.Items) == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
+			e2elog.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
 		}
 		for _, node := range nodeList.Items {
 			volumeLimits := getVolumeLimit(&node)
 			if len(volumeLimits) == 0 {
-				framework.Failf("Expected volume limits to be set")
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected volume limits to be set")
 			}
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/volume_metrics.go b/test/e2e/storage/volume_metrics.go
index ab1be5e8ff3..e99996b92c8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/volume_metrics.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/volume_metrics.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("[Serial] Volume metrics", func() {
 		framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gce", "gke", "aws")
 		defaultScName, err = framework.GetDefaultStorageClassName(c)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf(err.Error())
+			e2elog.Failf(err.Error())
 		}
 		test := testsuites.StorageClassTest{
 			Name:      "default",
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("[Serial] Volume metrics", func() {
 		metricsGrabber, err = metrics.NewMetricsGrabber(c, nil, true, false, true, false, false)
 
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Error creating metrics grabber : %v", err)
+			e2elog.Failf("Error creating metrics grabber : %v", err)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -456,10 +456,10 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("[Serial] Volume metrics", func() {
 
 		ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
 			if err := framework.DeletePersistentVolume(c, pv.Name); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Error deleting pv: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Error deleting pv: %v", err)
 			}
 			if err := framework.DeletePersistentVolumeClaim(c, pvc.Name, pvc.Namespace); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Error deleting pvc: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Error deleting pvc: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			// Clear original metric values.
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/volume_provisioning.go b/test/e2e/storage/volume_provisioning.go
index f7396051525..8c37b12f2cc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/volume_provisioning.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/volume_provisioning.go
@@ -70,28 +70,28 @@ func checkZoneFromLabelAndAffinity(pv *v1.PersistentVolume, zone string, matchZo
 func checkZonesFromLabelAndAffinity(pv *v1.PersistentVolume, zones sets.String, matchZones bool) {
 	ginkgo.By("checking PV's zone label and node affinity terms match expected zone")
 	if pv == nil {
-		framework.Failf("nil pv passed")
+		e2elog.Failf("nil pv passed")
 	}
 	pvLabel, ok := pv.Labels[v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain]
 	if !ok {
-		framework.Failf("label %s not found on PV", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain)
+		e2elog.Failf("label %s not found on PV", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain)
 	}
 
 	zonesFromLabel, err := volumehelpers.LabelZonesToSet(pvLabel)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to parse zone labels %s: %v", pvLabel, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to parse zone labels %s: %v", pvLabel, err)
 	}
 	if matchZones && !zonesFromLabel.Equal(zones) {
-		framework.Failf("value[s] of %s label for PV: %v does not match expected zone[s]: %v", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain, zonesFromLabel, zones)
+		e2elog.Failf("value[s] of %s label for PV: %v does not match expected zone[s]: %v", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain, zonesFromLabel, zones)
 	}
 	if !matchZones && !zonesFromLabel.IsSuperset(zones) {
-		framework.Failf("value[s] of %s label for PV: %v does not contain expected zone[s]: %v", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain, zonesFromLabel, zones)
+		e2elog.Failf("value[s] of %s label for PV: %v does not contain expected zone[s]: %v", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain, zonesFromLabel, zones)
 	}
 	if pv.Spec.NodeAffinity == nil {
-		framework.Failf("node affinity not found in PV spec %v", pv.Spec)
+		e2elog.Failf("node affinity not found in PV spec %v", pv.Spec)
 	}
 	if len(pv.Spec.NodeAffinity.Required.NodeSelectorTerms) == 0 {
-		framework.Failf("node selector terms not found in PV spec %v", pv.Spec)
+		e2elog.Failf("node selector terms not found in PV spec %v", pv.Spec)
 	}
 
 	for _, term := range pv.Spec.NodeAffinity.Required.NodeSelectorTerms {
@@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ func checkZonesFromLabelAndAffinity(pv *v1.PersistentVolume, zones sets.String,
 			keyFound = true
 			zonesFromNodeAffinity := sets.NewString(r.Values...)
 			if matchZones && !zonesFromNodeAffinity.Equal(zones) {
-				framework.Failf("zones from NodeAffinity of PV: %v does not equal expected zone[s]: %v", zonesFromNodeAffinity, zones)
+				e2elog.Failf("zones from NodeAffinity of PV: %v does not equal expected zone[s]: %v", zonesFromNodeAffinity, zones)
 			}
 			if !matchZones && !zonesFromNodeAffinity.IsSuperset(zones) {
-				framework.Failf("zones from NodeAffinity of PV: %v does not contain expected zone[s]: %v", zonesFromNodeAffinity, zones)
+				e2elog.Failf("zones from NodeAffinity of PV: %v does not contain expected zone[s]: %v", zonesFromNodeAffinity, zones)
 			}
 			break
 		}
 		if !keyFound {
-			framework.Failf("label %s not found in term %v", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain, term)
+			e2elog.Failf("label %s not found in term %v", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain, term)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -231,14 +231,14 @@ func testZonalDelayedBinding(c clientset.Interface, ns string, specifyAllowedTop
 		}
 		pvs, node := test.TestBindingWaitForFirstConsumerMultiPVC(claims, nil /* node selector */, false /* expect unschedulable */)
 		if node == nil {
-			framework.Failf("unexpected nil node found")
+			e2elog.Failf("unexpected nil node found")
 		}
 		zone, ok := node.Labels[v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain]
 		if !ok {
-			framework.Failf("label %s not found on Node", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain)
+			e2elog.Failf("label %s not found on Node", v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain)
 		}
 		if specifyAllowedTopology && topoZone != zone {
-			framework.Failf("zone specified in allowedTopologies: %s does not match zone of node where PV got provisioned: %s", topoZone, zone)
+			e2elog.Failf("zone specified in allowedTopologies: %s does not match zone of node where PV got provisioned: %s", topoZone, zone)
 		}
 		for _, pv := range pvs {
 			checkZoneFromLabelAndAffinity(pv, zone, true)
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Dynamic Provisioning", func() {
 				for i, pv := range residualPVs {
 					e2elog.Logf("\t%d) %s", i+1, pv.Name)
 				}
-				framework.Failf("Expected 0 PersistentVolumes remaining. Found %d", len(residualPVs))
+				e2elog.Failf("Expected 0 PersistentVolumes remaining. Found %d", len(residualPVs))
 			}
 			e2elog.Logf("0 PersistentVolumes remain.")
 		})
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Dynamic Provisioning", func() {
 			framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("openstack", "gce", "aws", "gke", "vsphere", "azure")
 			scName, scErr := framework.GetDefaultStorageClassName(c)
 			if scErr != nil {
-				framework.Failf(scErr.Error())
+				e2elog.Failf(scErr.Error())
 			}
 			test := testsuites.StorageClassTest{
 				Name:      "default",
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Dynamic Provisioning", func() {
 			framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("openstack", "gce", "aws", "gke", "vsphere", "azure")
 			scName, scErr := framework.GetDefaultStorageClassName(c)
 			if scErr != nil {
-				framework.Failf(scErr.Error())
+				e2elog.Failf(scErr.Error())
 			}
 			test := testsuites.StorageClassTest{
 				Name:      "default",
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Dynamic Provisioning", func() {
 				e2elog.Logf("deleting claim %q/%q", claim.Namespace, claim.Name)
 				err = c.CoreV1().PersistentVolumeClaims(claim.Namespace).Delete(claim.Name, nil)
 				if err != nil && !apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
-					framework.Failf("Error deleting claim %q. Error: %v", claim.Name, err)
+					e2elog.Failf("Error deleting claim %q. Error: %v", claim.Name, err)
 				}
 			}()
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/volumes.go b/test/e2e/storage/volumes.go
index d2edf0158f8..09485f7692e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/volumes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/volumes.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
 )
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Volumes", func() {
 				},
 			}
 			if _, err := cs.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(namespace.Name).Create(configMap); err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("unable to create test configmap: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("unable to create test configmap: %v", err)
 			}
 			defer func() {
 				_ = cs.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(namespace.Name).Delete(configMap.Name, nil)
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/bootstrap.go b/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/bootstrap.go
index 1775ec40c47..39eb39f36f8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/bootstrap.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/bootstrap.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package vsphere
 import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -42,23 +43,23 @@ func bootstrapOnce() {
 	// 1. Read vSphere conf and get VSphere instances
 	vsphereInstances, err := GetVSphereInstances()
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to bootstrap vSphere with error: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to bootstrap vSphere with error: %v", err)
 	}
 	// 2. Get all nodes
 	nodeList, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Nodes().List(metav1.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to get nodes: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to get nodes: %v", err)
 	}
 	TestContext = VSphereContext{NodeMapper: &NodeMapper{}, VSphereInstances: vsphereInstances}
 	// 3. Get Node to VSphere mapping
 	err = TestContext.NodeMapper.GenerateNodeMap(vsphereInstances, *nodeList)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to bootstrap vSphere with error: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to bootstrap vSphere with error: %v", err)
 	}
 	// 4. Generate Zone to Datastore mapping
 	err = TestContext.NodeMapper.GenerateZoneToDatastoreMap()
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to generate zone to datastore mapping with error: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to generate zone to datastore mapping with error: %v", err)
 	}
 	close(waiting)
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_volume_datastore.go b/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_volume_datastore.go
index e40776767d8..812b82b084b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_volume_datastore.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_volume_datastore.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
 )
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Volume Provisioning on Datastore [Feature:vsphere]",
 		scParameters = make(map[string]string)
 		nodeList := framework.GetReadySchedulableNodesOrDie(f.ClientSet)
 		if !(len(nodeList.Items) > 0) {
-			framework.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
+			e2elog.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
 		}
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_volume_vsan_policy.go b/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_volume_vsan_policy.go
index 75b6c178aae..99ea427fe97 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_volume_vsan_policy.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_volume_vsan_policy.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Storage Policy Based Volume Provisioning [Feature:vsp
 		scParameters = make(map[string]string)
 		nodeList := framework.GetReadySchedulableNodesOrDie(f.ClientSet)
 		if !(len(nodeList.Items) > 0) {
-			framework.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
+			e2elog.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
 		}
 		masternodes, _ := framework.GetMasterAndWorkerNodesOrDie(client)
 		gomega.Expect(masternodes).NotTo(gomega.BeEmpty())
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_zone_support.go b/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_zone_support.go
index 693c863d3c4..7d7551832e2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_zone_support.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/vsphere/vsphere_zone_support.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("Zone Support", func() {
 		zones = make([]string, 0)
 		nodeList := framework.GetReadySchedulableNodesOrDie(f.ClientSet)
 		if !(len(nodeList.Items) > 0) {
-			framework.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
+			e2elog.Failf("Unable to find ready and schedulable Node")
 		}
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/ui/dashboard.go b/test/e2e/ui/dashboard.go
index 58042e05ba3..2bafcc9ef26 100644
--- a/test/e2e/ui/dashboard.go
+++ b/test/e2e/ui/dashboard.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubernetes Dashboard", func() {
 				Error()
 			if err != nil {
 				if ctx.Err() != nil {
-					framework.Failf("Request to kubernetes-dashboard failed: %v", err)
+					e2elog.Failf("Request to kubernetes-dashboard failed: %v", err)
 					return true, err
 				}
 				e2elog.Logf("Request to kubernetes-dashboard failed: %v", err)
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/daemonsets.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/daemonsets.go
index 13cc30e7f9d..d216c1b8acc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/daemonsets.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/daemonsets.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (t *DaemonSetUpgradeTest) Setup(f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Creating a DaemonSet")
 	var err error
 	if t.daemonSet, err = f.ClientSet.AppsV1().DaemonSets(ns.Name).Create(t.daemonSet); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test DaemonSet %s: %v", t.daemonSet.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test DaemonSet %s: %v", t.daemonSet.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Waiting for DaemonSet pods to become ready")
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (t *DaemonSetUpgradeTest) validateRunningDaemonSet(f *framework.Framework)
 	res, err := checkRunningOnAllNodes(f, t.daemonSet.Namespace, t.daemonSet.Labels)
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	if !res {
-		framework.Failf("expected DaemonSet pod to be running on all nodes, it was not")
+		e2elog.Failf("expected DaemonSet pod to be running on all nodes, it was not")
 	}
 
 	// DaemonSet resource itself should be good
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (t *DaemonSetUpgradeTest) validateRunningDaemonSet(f *framework.Framework)
 	res, err = checkDaemonStatus(f, t.daemonSet.Namespace, t.daemonSet.Name)
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	if !res {
-		framework.Failf("expected DaemonSet to be in a good state, it was not")
+		e2elog.Failf("expected DaemonSet to be in a good state, it was not")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/configmaps.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/configmaps.go
index 7cda4b76fbc..1ee3fb58fa0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/configmaps.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/configmaps.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func (t *ConfigMapUpgradeTest) Setup(f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Creating a ConfigMap")
 	var err error
 	if t.configMap, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(ns.Name).Create(t.configMap); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test ConfigMap %s: %v", t.configMap.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test ConfigMap %s: %v", t.configMap.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Making sure the ConfigMap is consumable")
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go
index e537a800004..b68d9567448 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ func (t *MySQLUpgradeTest) Test(f *framework.Framework, done <-chan struct{}, up
 	readRatio := float64(readSuccess) / float64(readSuccess+readFailure)
 	writeRatio := float64(writeSuccess) / float64(writeSuccess+writeFailure)
 	if readRatio < 0.75 {
-		framework.Failf("Too many failures reading data. Success ratio: %f", readRatio)
+		e2elog.Failf("Too many failures reading data. Success ratio: %f", readRatio)
 	}
 	if writeRatio < 0.75 {
-		framework.Failf("Too many failures writing data. Success ratio: %f", writeRatio)
+		e2elog.Failf("Too many failures writing data. Success ratio: %f", writeRatio)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/secrets.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/secrets.go
index bd66763f170..7d5b2f354a8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/secrets.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/secrets.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ func (t *SecretUpgradeTest) Setup(f *framework.Framework) {
 	ginkgo.By("Creating a secret")
 	var err error
 	if t.secret, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(ns.Name).Create(t.secret); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", t.secret.Name, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("unable to create test secret %s: %v", t.secret.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	ginkgo.By("Making sure the secret is consumable")
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/storage/BUILD b/test/e2e/upgrades/storage/BUILD
index 8044b3d8846..346595d9824 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/storage/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/storage/BUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
+        "//test/e2e/framework/log:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/volume:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/storage/utils:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/upgrades:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/storage/persistent_volumes.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/storage/persistent_volumes.go
index 9d12139680c..177ef577f51 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/storage/persistent_volumes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/storage/persistent_volumes.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/volume"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func (t *PersistentVolumeUpgradeTest) Teardown(f *framework.Framework) {
 		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to delete 1 or more PVs/PVCs and/or the GCE volume. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to delete 1 or more PVs/PVCs and/or the GCE volume. Errors: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/windows/density.go b/test/e2e/windows/density.go
index 466d448007b..77baa3d995b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/windows/density.go
+++ b/test/e2e/windows/density.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func runDensityBatchTest(f *framework.Framework, testArg densityTest) (time.Dura
 	}, 10*time.Minute, 10*time.Second).Should(gomega.BeTrue())
 
 	if len(watchTimes) < testArg.podsNr {
-		framework.Failf("Timeout reached waiting for all Pods to be observed by the watch.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Timeout reached waiting for all Pods to be observed by the watch.")
 	}
 
 	// Analyze results
diff --git a/test/e2e/windows/gmsa.go b/test/e2e/windows/gmsa.go
index 21aef8bd5e4..d2b4df56f23 100644
--- a/test/e2e/windows/gmsa.go
+++ b/test/e2e/windows/gmsa.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -98,12 +99,12 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:Windows] [Feature:WindowsGMSA] GMSA [Slow]", func(
 					}, 1*time.Minute, 1*time.Second).Should(gomega.BeTrue())
 
 					if !strings.HasPrefix(output, domain) {
-						framework.Failf("Expected %q to start with %q", output, domain)
+						e2elog.Failf("Expected %q to start with %q", output, domain)
 					}
 
 					expectedSubstr := "The command completed successfully"
 					if !strings.Contains(output, expectedSubstr) {
-						framework.Failf("Expected %q to contain %q", output, expectedSubstr)
+						e2elog.Failf("Expected %q to contain %q", output, expectedSubstr)
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e_kubeadm/BUILD b/test/e2e_kubeadm/BUILD
index 7326af2d14b..0cde306e78a 100644
--- a/test/e2e_kubeadm/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e_kubeadm/BUILD
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ go_test(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap/token/api:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
+        "//test/e2e/framework/log:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/config:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/reporters:go_default_library",
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
+        "//test/e2e/framework/log:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega/gstruct:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e_kubeadm/kubeadm_config_test.go b/test/e2e_kubeadm/kubeadm_config_test.go
index b1b40711776..8bcacada691 100644
--- a/test/e2e_kubeadm/kubeadm_config_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_kubeadm/kubeadm_config_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -71,11 +72,11 @@ var _ = KubeadmDescribe("kubeadm-config ConfigMap", func() {
 			// checks that all the control-plane nodes are in the apiEndpoints list
 			for _, cp := range controlPlanes.Items {
 				if _, ok := d[cp.Name]; !ok {
-					framework.Failf("failed to get apiEndpoints for control-plane %s in %s", cp.Name, kubeadmConfigClusterStatusConfigMapKey)
+					e2elog.Failf("failed to get apiEndpoints for control-plane %s in %s", cp.Name, kubeadmConfigClusterStatusConfigMapKey)
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
-			framework.Failf("failed to get apiEndpoints from %s", kubeadmConfigClusterStatusConfigMapKey)
+			e2elog.Failf("failed to get apiEndpoints from %s", kubeadmConfigClusterStatusConfigMapKey)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ func unmarshalYaml(data string) map[interface{}]interface{} {
 	m := make(map[interface{}]interface{})
 	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &m)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("error parsing %s ConfigMap: %v", kubeadmConfigName, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("error parsing %s ConfigMap: %v", kubeadmConfigName, err)
 	}
 	return m
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e_kubeadm/kubelet_config_test.go b/test/e2e_kubeadm/kubelet_config_test.go
index 7b507bc0776..d246cc06741 100644
--- a/test/e2e_kubeadm/kubelet_config_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_kubeadm/kubelet_config_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ var _ = KubeadmDescribe("kubelet-config ConfigMap", func() {
 		k8sVersionString := m["kubernetesVersion"].(string)
 		k8sVersion, err := version.ParseSemantic(k8sVersionString)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("error reading kubernetesVersion from %s ConfigMap: %v", kubeadmConfigName, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("error reading kubernetesVersion from %s ConfigMap: %v", kubeadmConfigName, err)
 		}
 
 		// Computes all the names derived from the kubernetesVersion
diff --git a/test/e2e_kubeadm/util.go b/test/e2e_kubeadm/util.go
index 19ce05cb322..e991f99cb5d 100644
--- a/test/e2e_kubeadm/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e_kubeadm/util.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gstruct"
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ func ExpectSubjectHasAccessToResource(c clientset.Interface, subjectKind, subjec
 			},
 		}
 	default:
-		framework.Failf("invalid subjectKind %s", subjectKind)
+		e2elog.Failf("invalid subjectKind %s", subjectKind)
 	}
 
 	s, err := c.AuthorizationV1().SubjectAccessReviews().Create(sar)
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/apparmor_test.go b/test/e2e_node/apparmor_test.go
index 0e82787240a..bb0c01edc6f 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/apparmor_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/apparmor_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	watchtools "k8s.io/client-go/tools/watch"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/security/apparmor"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("AppArmor [Feature:AppArmor][NodeFeature:AppArmor
 			It("should enforce a profile blocking writes", func() {
 				status := runAppArmorTest(f, true, apparmor.ProfileNamePrefix+apparmorProfilePrefix+"deny-write")
 				if len(status.ContainerStatuses) == 0 {
-					framework.Failf("Unexpected pod status: %s", spew.Sdump(status))
+					e2elog.Failf("Unexpected pod status: %s", spew.Sdump(status))
 					return
 				}
 				state := status.ContainerStatuses[0].State.Terminated
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("AppArmor [Feature:AppArmor][NodeFeature:AppArmor
 			It("should enforce a permissive profile", func() {
 				status := runAppArmorTest(f, true, apparmor.ProfileNamePrefix+apparmorProfilePrefix+"audit-write")
 				if len(status.ContainerStatuses) == 0 {
-					framework.Failf("Unexpected pod status: %s", spew.Sdump(status))
+					e2elog.Failf("Unexpected pod status: %s", spew.Sdump(status))
 					return
 				}
 				state := status.ContainerStatuses[0].State.Terminated
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/benchmark_util.go b/test/e2e_node/benchmark_util.go
index 93e0b3b5973..53edc5f6363 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/benchmark_util.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/benchmark_util.go
@@ -160,22 +160,22 @@ func getTestNodeInfo(f *framework.Framework, testName, testDesc string) map[stri
 
 	cpu, ok := node.Status.Capacity[v1.ResourceCPU]
 	if !ok {
-		framework.Failf("Fail to fetch CPU capacity value of test node.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Fail to fetch CPU capacity value of test node.")
 	}
 
 	memory, ok := node.Status.Capacity[v1.ResourceMemory]
 	if !ok {
-		framework.Failf("Fail to fetch Memory capacity value of test node.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Fail to fetch Memory capacity value of test node.")
 	}
 
 	cpuValue, ok := cpu.AsInt64()
 	if !ok {
-		framework.Failf("Fail to fetch CPU capacity value as Int64.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Fail to fetch CPU capacity value as Int64.")
 	}
 
 	memoryValue, ok := memory.AsInt64()
 	if !ok {
-		framework.Failf("Fail to fetch Memory capacity value as Int64.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Fail to fetch Memory capacity value as Int64.")
 	}
 
 	image := node.Status.NodeInfo.OSImage
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/density_test.go b/test/e2e_node/density_test.go
index c386ba7be55..4ffd43f8ca4 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/density_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/density_test.go
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func runDensityBatchTest(f *framework.Framework, rc *ResourceCollector, testArg
 	}, 10*time.Minute, 10*time.Second).Should(BeTrue())
 
 	if len(watchTimes) < testArg.podsNr {
-		framework.Failf("Timeout reached waiting for all Pods to be observed by the watch.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Timeout reached waiting for all Pods to be observed by the watch.")
 	}
 
 	// Analyze results
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin.go b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin.go
index 185e1ff9dbb..10370fd35d0 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func ensurePodContainerRestart(f *framework.Framework, podName string, contName
 	var currentCount int32
 	p, err := f.PodClient().Get(podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil || len(p.Status.ContainerStatuses) < 1 {
-		framework.Failf("ensurePodContainerRestart failed for pod %q: %v", podName, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("ensurePodContainerRestart failed for pod %q: %v", podName, err)
 	}
 	initialCount = p.Status.ContainerStatuses[0].RestartCount
 	Eventually(func() bool {
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func ensurePodContainerRestart(f *framework.Framework, podName string, contName
 func parseLog(f *framework.Framework, podName string, contName string, re string) string {
 	logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, podName, contName)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
+		e2elog.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
 	}
 
 	e2elog.Logf("got pod logs: %v", logs)
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/dockershim_checkpoint_test.go b/test/e2e_node/dockershim_checkpoint_test.go
index 435ea6ae12a..60e1ca23690 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/dockershim_checkpoint_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/dockershim_checkpoint_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Dockershim [Serial] [Disruptive] [Feature:Docker][Legacy:Do
 		runPodCheckpointTest(f, podName, func() {
 			checkpoints := findCheckpoints(podName)
 			if len(checkpoints) == 0 {
-				framework.Failf("No checkpoint for the pod was found")
+				e2elog.Failf("No checkpoint for the pod was found")
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Dockershim [Serial] [Disruptive] [Feature:Docker][Legacy:Do
 			runPodCheckpointTest(f, podName, func() {
 				checkpoints := findCheckpoints(podName)
 				if len(checkpoints) == 0 {
-					framework.Failf("No checkpoint for the pod was found")
+					e2elog.Failf("No checkpoint for the pod was found")
 				}
 				By("Removing checkpoint of test pod")
 				for _, filename := range checkpoints {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Dockershim [Serial] [Disruptive] [Feature:Docker][Legacy:Do
 				By("Corrupt checkpoint file")
 				checkpoints := findCheckpoints(podName)
 				if len(checkpoints) == 0 {
-					framework.Failf("No checkpoint for the pod was found")
+					e2elog.Failf("No checkpoint for the pod was found")
 				}
 				for _, file := range checkpoints {
 					f, err := os.OpenFile(file, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func runPodCheckpointTest(f *framework.Framework, podName string, twist func())
 		e2elog.Logf("Checkpoint of %q still exists: %v", podName, checkpoints)
 		return false, nil
 	}); err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to observe checkpoint being removed within timeout: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to observe checkpoint being removed within timeout: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/image_id_test.go b/test/e2e_node/image_id_test.go
index f1bd0c2aaa0..3e9b5821804 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/image_id_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/image_id_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("ImageID [NodeFeature: ImageID]", func() {
 		status := runningPod.Status
 
 		if len(status.ContainerStatuses) == 0 {
-			framework.Failf("Unexpected pod status; %s", spew.Sdump(status))
+			e2elog.Failf("Unexpected pod status; %s", spew.Sdump(status))
 			return
 		}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/resource_collector.go b/test/e2e_node/resource_collector.go
index f404d1d6e63..7a9928c3462 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/resource_collector.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/resource_collector.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (r *ResourceCollector) Start() {
 			stats.SystemContainerRuntime: runtimeContainer,
 		}
 	} else {
-		framework.Failf("Failed to get runtime container name in test-e2e-node resource collector.")
+		e2elog.Failf("Failed to get runtime container name in test-e2e-node resource collector.")
 	}
 
 	wait.Poll(1*time.Second, 1*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/resource_usage_test.go b/test/e2e_node/resource_usage_test.go
index 63eb678217b..cd93858509c 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/resource_usage_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/resource_usage_test.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func verifyMemoryLimits(c clientset.Interface, expected framework.ResourceUsageP
 		}
 	}
 	if len(errList) > 0 {
-		framework.Failf("Memory usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
+		e2elog.Failf("Memory usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func verifyCPULimits(expected framework.ContainersCPUSummary, actual framework.N
 		}
 	}
 	if len(errList) > 0 {
-		framework.Failf("CPU usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
+		e2elog.Failf("CPU usage exceeding limits:\n %s", strings.Join(errList, "\n"))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/restart_test.go b/test/e2e_node/restart_test.go
index 64e1e2b9fcf..266756ee289 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/restart_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/restart_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Restart [Serial] [Slow] [Disruptive] [NodeFeatur
 				// startTimeout fit on the node and the node is now saturated.
 				runningPods := waitForPods(f, podCount, startTimeout)
 				if len(runningPods) < minPods {
-					framework.Failf("Failed to start %d pods, cannot test that restarting container runtime doesn't leak IPs", minPods)
+					e2elog.Failf("Failed to start %d pods, cannot test that restarting container runtime doesn't leak IPs", minPods)
 				}
 
 				for i := 0; i < restartCount; i += 1 {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Restart [Serial] [Slow] [Disruptive] [NodeFeatur
 						return nil
 					}, 1*time.Minute, 2*time.Second).Should(BeNil())
 					if stdout, err := exec.Command("sudo", "kill", fmt.Sprintf("%d", pid)).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-						framework.Failf("Failed to kill container runtime (pid=%d): %v, stdout: %q", pid, err, string(stdout))
+						e2elog.Failf("Failed to kill container runtime (pid=%d): %v, stdout: %q", pid, err, string(stdout))
 					}
 					// Assume that container runtime will be restarted by systemd/supervisord etc.
 					time.Sleep(20 * time.Second)
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Restart [Serial] [Slow] [Disruptive] [NodeFeatur
 				By("Checking currently Running/Ready pods")
 				postRestartRunningPods := waitForPods(f, len(runningPods), recoverTimeout)
 				if len(postRestartRunningPods) == 0 {
-					framework.Failf("Failed to start *any* pods after container runtime restart, this might indicate an IP leak")
+					e2elog.Failf("Failed to start *any* pods after container runtime restart, this might indicate an IP leak")
 				}
 				By("Confirm no containers have terminated")
 				for _, pod := range postRestartRunningPods {
 					if c := testutils.TerminatedContainers(pod); len(c) != 0 {
-						framework.Failf("Pod %q has failed containers %+v after container runtime restart, this might indicate an IP leak", pod.Name, c)
+						e2elog.Failf("Pod %q has failed containers %+v after container runtime restart, this might indicate an IP leak", pod.Name, c)
 					}
 				}
 				By(fmt.Sprintf("Container runtime restart test passed with %d pods", len(postRestartRunningPods)))
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/runtime_conformance_test.go b/test/e2e_node/runtime_conformance_test.go
index 4d3381266f3..c438aa6b50d 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/runtime_conformance_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/runtime_conformance_test.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Container Runtime Conformance Test", func() {
 						if i < flakeRetry {
 							e2elog.Logf("No.%d attempt failed: %v, retrying...", i, err)
 						} else {
-							framework.Failf("All %d attempts failed: %v", flakeRetry, err)
+							e2elog.Failf("All %d attempts failed: %v", flakeRetry, err)
 						}
 					}
 				})
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/security_context_test.go b/test/e2e_node/security_context_test.go
index 5fdf648e04f..fb9c50bd8ec 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/security_context_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/security_context_test.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			pid1 := f.ExecCommandInContainer("isolated-pid-ns-test-pod", "test-container-1", "/bin/pidof", "top")
 			pid2 := f.ExecCommandInContainer("isolated-pid-ns-test-pod", "test-container-2", "/bin/pidof", "sleep")
 			if pid1 != "1" || pid2 != "1" {
-				framework.Failf("PIDs of different containers are not all 1: test-container-1=%v, test-container-2=%v", pid1, pid2)
+				e2elog.Failf("PIDs of different containers are not all 1: test-container-1=%v, test-container-2=%v", pid1, pid2)
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			pid1 := f.ExecCommandInContainer("shared-pid-ns-test-pod", "test-container-1", "/bin/pidof", "top")
 			pid2 := f.ExecCommandInContainer("shared-pid-ns-test-pod", "test-container-2", "/bin/pidof", "top")
 			if pid1 != pid2 {
-				framework.Failf("PIDs are not the same in different containers: test-container-1=%v, test-container-2=%v", pid1, pid2)
+				e2elog.Failf("PIDs are not the same in different containers: test-container-1=%v, test-container-2=%v", pid1, pid2)
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -163,18 +163,18 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			createAndWaitHostPidPod(busyboxPodName, true)
 			logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, busyboxPodName, busyboxPodName)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
 			}
 
 			pids := strings.TrimSpace(logs)
 			e2elog.Logf("Got nginx's pid %q from pod %q", pids, busyboxPodName)
 			if pids == "" {
-				framework.Failf("nginx's pid should be seen by hostpid containers")
+				e2elog.Failf("nginx's pid should be seen by hostpid containers")
 			}
 
 			pidSets := sets.NewString(strings.Split(pids, " ")...)
 			if !pidSets.Has(nginxPid) {
-				framework.Failf("nginx's pid should be seen by hostpid containers")
+				e2elog.Failf("nginx's pid should be seen by hostpid containers")
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			createAndWaitHostPidPod(busyboxPodName, false)
 			logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, busyboxPodName, busyboxPodName)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
 			}
 
 			pids := strings.TrimSpace(logs)
 			e2elog.Logf("Got nginx's pid %q from pod %q", pids, busyboxPodName)
 			pidSets := sets.NewString(strings.Split(pids, " ")...)
 			if pidSets.Has(nginxPid) {
-				framework.Failf("nginx's pid should not be seen by non-hostpid containers")
+				e2elog.Failf("nginx's pid should not be seen by non-hostpid containers")
 			}
 		})
 	})
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 		BeforeEach(func() {
 			output, err := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "ipcmk -M 1048576 | awk '{print $NF}'").Output()
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to create the shared memory on the host: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to create the shared memory on the host: %v", err)
 			}
 			hostSharedMemoryID = strings.TrimSpace(string(output))
 			e2elog.Logf("Got host shared memory ID %q", hostSharedMemoryID)
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			createAndWaitHostIPCPod(ipcutilsPodName, true)
 			logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, ipcutilsPodName, ipcutilsPodName)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", ipcutilsPodName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", ipcutilsPodName, err)
 			}
 
 			podSharedMemoryIDs := strings.TrimSpace(logs)
 			e2elog.Logf("Got shared memory IDs %q from pod %q", podSharedMemoryIDs, ipcutilsPodName)
 			if !strings.Contains(podSharedMemoryIDs, hostSharedMemoryID) {
-				framework.Failf("hostIPC container should show shared memory IDs on host")
+				e2elog.Failf("hostIPC container should show shared memory IDs on host")
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -254,13 +254,13 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			createAndWaitHostIPCPod(ipcutilsPodName, false)
 			logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, ipcutilsPodName, ipcutilsPodName)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", ipcutilsPodName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", ipcutilsPodName, err)
 			}
 
 			podSharedMemoryIDs := strings.TrimSpace(logs)
 			e2elog.Logf("Got shared memory IDs %q from pod %q", podSharedMemoryIDs, ipcutilsPodName)
 			if strings.Contains(podSharedMemoryIDs, hostSharedMemoryID) {
-				framework.Failf("non-hostIPC container should not show shared memory IDs on host")
+				e2elog.Failf("non-hostIPC container should not show shared memory IDs on host")
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			if hostSharedMemoryID != "" {
 				_, err := exec.Command("sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf("ipcrm -m %q", hostSharedMemoryID)).Output()
 				if err != nil {
-					framework.Failf("Failed to remove shared memory %q on the host: %v", hostSharedMemoryID, err)
+					e2elog.Failf("Failed to remove shared memory %q on the host: %v", hostSharedMemoryID, err)
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 		BeforeEach(func() {
 			l, err = net.Listen("tcp", ":0")
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("Failed to open a new tcp port: %v", err)
+				e2elog.Failf("Failed to open a new tcp port: %v", err)
 			}
 			addr := strings.Split(l.Addr().String(), ":")
 			listeningPort = addr[len(addr)-1]
@@ -322,12 +322,12 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			createAndWaitHostNetworkPod(busyboxPodName, true)
 			logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, busyboxPodName, busyboxPodName)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
 			}
 
 			e2elog.Logf("Got logs for pod %q: %q", busyboxPodName, logs)
 			if !strings.Contains(logs, listeningPort) {
-				framework.Failf("host-networked container should listening on same port as host")
+				e2elog.Failf("host-networked container should listening on same port as host")
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -336,12 +336,12 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			createAndWaitHostNetworkPod(busyboxPodName, false)
 			logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, busyboxPodName, busyboxPodName)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
 			}
 
 			e2elog.Logf("Got logs for pod %q: %q", busyboxPodName, logs)
 			if strings.Contains(logs, listeningPort) {
-				framework.Failf("non-hostnetworked container shouldn't show the same port as host")
+				e2elog.Failf("non-hostnetworked container shouldn't show the same port as host")
 			}
 		})
 
@@ -388,12 +388,12 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
 			podName := createAndWaitUserPod(true)
 			logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, podName, podName)
 			if err != nil {
-				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
+				e2elog.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", podName, err)
 			}
 
 			e2elog.Logf("Got logs for pod %q: %q", podName, logs)
 			if strings.Contains(logs, "Operation not permitted") {
-				framework.Failf("privileged container should be able to create dummy device")
+				e2elog.Failf("privileged container should be able to create dummy device")
 			}
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/summary_test.go b/test/e2e_node/summary_test.go
index e50d91d2bde..7e31fd2c747 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/summary_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/summary_test.go
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func summaryObjectID(element interface{}) string {
 	case stats.UserDefinedMetric:
 		return el.Name
 	default:
-		framework.Failf("Unknown type: %T", el)
+		e2elog.Failf("Unknown type: %T", el)
 		return "???"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/utils/crd/BUILD b/test/utils/crd/BUILD
index 4ed4991479e..e74b54755ba 100644
--- a/test/utils/crd/BUILD
+++ b/test/utils/crd/BUILD
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/dynamic:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
+        "//test/e2e/framework/log:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/test/utils/crd/crd_util.go b/test/utils/crd/crd_util.go
index 42ecdf1139a..2137eb2d87c 100644
--- a/test/utils/crd/crd_util.go
+++ b/test/utils/crd/crd_util.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
 )
 
 // CleanCrdFn declares the clean up function needed to remove the CRD
@@ -52,17 +53,17 @@ func CreateMultiVersionTestCRD(f *framework.Framework, group string, opts ...Opt
 	// Creating a custom resource definition for use by assorted tests.
 	config, err := framework.LoadConfig()
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("failed to load config: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("failed to load config: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	apiExtensionClient, err := crdclientset.NewForConfig(config)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("failed to initialize apiExtensionClient: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("failed to initialize apiExtensionClient: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	dynamicClient, err := dynamic.NewForConfig(config)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("failed to initialize dynamic client: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("failed to initialize dynamic client: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func CreateMultiVersionTestCRD(f *framework.Framework, group string, opts ...Opt
 	//create CRD and waits for the resource to be recognized and available.
 	crd, err = fixtures.CreateNewCustomResourceDefinitionWatchUnsafe(crd, apiExtensionClient)
 	if err != nil {
-		framework.Failf("failed to create CustomResourceDefinition: %v", err)
+		e2elog.Failf("failed to create CustomResourceDefinition: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ func CreateMultiVersionTestCRD(f *framework.Framework, group string, opts ...Opt
 	testcrd.CleanUp = func() error {
 		err := fixtures.DeleteCustomResourceDefinition(crd, apiExtensionClient)
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("failed to delete CustomResourceDefinition(%s): %v", name, err)
+			e2elog.Failf("failed to delete CustomResourceDefinition(%s): %v", name, err)
 		}
 		return err
 	}