diff --git a/test/e2e/common/util.go b/test/e2e/common/util.go
index 43f3ff369b7..23d02a465f5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/util.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var CurrentSuite Suite
 // PrePulledImages are a list of images used in e2e/common tests. These images should be prepulled
 // before tests starts, so that the tests won't fail due image pulling flakes.
 // Currently, this is only used by node e2e test.
-// See also updateImageWhiteList() in ../../e2e_node/image_list.go
+// See also updateImageAllowList() in ../../e2e_node/image_list.go
 // TODO(random-liu): Change the image puller pod to use similar mechanism.
 var PrePulledImages = sets.NewString(
 	imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.Agnhost),
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pods.go b/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
index a6c134e6051..ad20a63fce2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ const (
 	forbiddenReason = "SysctlForbidden"
 )
 
-// ImageWhiteList is the images used in the current test suite. It should be initialized in test suite and
-// the images in the white list should be pre-pulled in the test suite.  Currently, this is only used by
+// ImagePrePullList is the images used in the current test suite. It should be initialized in test suite and
+// the images in the list should be pre-pulled in the test suite.  Currently, this is only used by
 // node e2e test.
-var ImageWhiteList sets.String
+var ImagePrePullList sets.String
 
 // PodClient is a convenience method for getting a pod client interface in the framework's namespace,
 // possibly applying test-suite specific transformations to the pod spec, e.g. for
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (c *PodClient) mungeSpec(pod *v1.Pod) {
 		}
 		// If the image policy is not PullAlways, the image must be in the pre-pull list and
 		// pre-pulled.
-		gomega.Expect(ImageWhiteList.Has(c.Image)).To(gomega.BeTrue(), "Image %q is not in the white list, consider adding it to CommonImageWhiteList in test/e2e/common/util.go or NodePrePullImageList in test/e2e_node/image_list.go", c.Image)
+		gomega.Expect(ImagePrePullList.Has(c.Image)).To(gomega.BeTrue(), "Image %q is not in the pre-pull list, consider adding it to PrePulledImages in test/e2e/common/util.go or NodePrePullImageList in test/e2e_node/image_list.go", c.Image)
 		// Do not pull images during the tests because the images in pre-pull list should have
 		// been prepulled.
 		c.ImagePullPolicy = v1.PullNever
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/e2e_node_suite_test.go b/test/e2e_node/e2e_node_suite_test.go
index 6fd91013641..99b77e047cb 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/e2e_node_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/e2e_node_suite_test.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.SynchronizedBeforeSuite(func() []byte {
 	// This helps with debugging test flakes since it is hard to tell when a test failure is due to image pulling.
 	if framework.TestContext.PrepullImages {
 		klog.Infof("Pre-pulling images so that they are cached for the tests.")
-		updateImageWhiteList()
+		updateImageAllowList()
 		err := PrePullAllImages()
 		gomega.Expect(err).ShouldNot(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 	}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func waitForNodeReady() {
 // update test context with node configuration.
 func updateTestContext() error {
 	setExtraEnvs()
-	updateImageWhiteList()
+	updateImageAllowList()
 
 	client, err := getAPIServerClient()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/image_list.go b/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
index 653f2388a06..b040c8d97dc 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ var NodePrePullImageList = sets.NewString(
 	"gcr.io/kubernetes-e2e-test-images/node-perf/tf-wide-deep-amd64:1.0",
 )
 
-// updateImageWhiteList updates the framework.ImageWhiteList with
+// updateImageAllowList updates the framework.ImagePrePullList with
 // 1. the hard coded lists
 // 2. the ones passed in from framework.TestContext.ExtraEnvs
 // So this function needs to be called after the extra envs are applied.
-func updateImageWhiteList() {
-	// Union NodePrePullImageList and CommonImageWhiteList into the framework image pre-pull list.
-	framework.ImageWhiteList = NodePrePullImageList.Union(commontest.PrePulledImages)
+func updateImageAllowList() {
+	// Union NodePrePullImageList and PrePulledImages into the framework image pre-pull list.
+	framework.ImagePrePullList = NodePrePullImageList.Union(commontest.PrePulledImages)
 	// Images from extra envs
-	framework.ImageWhiteList.Insert(getNodeProblemDetectorImage())
-	framework.ImageWhiteList.Insert(getSRIOVDevicePluginImage())
+	framework.ImagePrePullList.Insert(getNodeProblemDetectorImage())
+	framework.ImagePrePullList.Insert(getSRIOVDevicePluginImage())
 }
 
 func getNodeProblemDetectorImage() string {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func PrePullAllImages() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	images := framework.ImageWhiteList.List()
+	images := framework.ImagePrePullList.List()
 	klog.V(4).Infof("Pre-pulling images with %s %+v", puller.Name(), images)
 	for _, image := range images {
 		var (