diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpodtopologyspread/BUILD b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpodtopologyspread/BUILD
index 1b4742f7704..8369b967740 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpodtopologyspread/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpodtopologyspread/BUILD
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/internal/cache:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/scheduler/internal/parallelize:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/testing:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpodtopologyspread/default_pod_topology_spread_perf_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpodtopologyspread/default_pod_topology_spread_perf_test.go
index 5e03d3bce9d..212e70a1f26 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpodtopologyspread/default_pod_topology_spread_perf_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpodtopologyspread/default_pod_topology_spread_perf_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	framework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/internal/parallelize"
 	st "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/testing"
 )
 
@@ -76,15 +77,14 @@ func BenchmarkTestSelectorSpreadPriority(b *testing.B) {
 				if !status.IsSuccess() {
 					b.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", status)
 				}
-				var gotList framework.NodeScoreList
-				for _, node := range filteredNodes {
-					score, status := plugin.Score(ctx, state, pod, node.Name)
-					if !status.IsSuccess() {
-						b.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", status)
-					}
-					gotList = append(gotList, framework.NodeScore{Name: node.Name, Score: score})
+				gotList := make(framework.NodeScoreList, len(filteredNodes))
+				scoreNode := func(i int) {
+					n := filteredNodes[i]
+					score, _ := plugin.Score(ctx, state, pod, n.Name)
+					gotList[i] = framework.NodeScore{Name: n.Name, Score: score}
 				}
-				status = plugin.NormalizeScore(context.Background(), state, pod, gotList)
+				parallelize.Until(ctx, len(filteredNodes), scoreNode)
+				status = plugin.NormalizeScore(ctx, state, pod, gotList)
 				if !status.IsSuccess() {
 					b.Fatal(status)
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/BUILD b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/BUILD
index 78a644051bc..d24ad02b7dc 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/BUILD
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/internal/cache:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/scheduler/internal/parallelize:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/nodeinfo:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/testing:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/common.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/common.go
index b87af00c88e..fa53a9ac48b 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/common.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/common.go
@@ -82,3 +82,17 @@ func filterTopologySpreadConstraints(constraints []v1.TopologySpreadConstraint,
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
+
+func countPodsMatchSelector(pods []*v1.Pod, selector labels.Selector, ns string) int {
+	count := 0
+	for _, p := range pods {
+		// Bypass terminating Pod (see #87621).
+		if p.DeletionTimestamp != nil || p.Namespace != ns {
+			continue
+		}
+		if selector.Matches(labels.Set(p.Labels)) {
+			count++
+		}
+	}
+	return count
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring.go
index 8e347bb3dbc..5bd9e40b95e 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	pluginhelper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper"
 	framework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1"
@@ -73,6 +72,10 @@ func (pl *PodTopologySpread) initPreScoreState(s *preScoreState, pod *v1.Pod, fi
 			continue
 		}
 		for _, constraint := range s.Constraints {
+			// per-node counts are calculated during Score.
+			if constraint.TopologyKey == v1.LabelHostname {
+				continue
+			}
 			pair := topologyPair{key: constraint.TopologyKey, value: node.Labels[constraint.TopologyKey]}
 			if s.TopologyPairToPodCounts[pair] == nil {
 				s.TopologyPairToPodCounts[pair] = new(int64)
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ func (pl *PodTopologySpread) PreScore(
 	}
 
 	state := &preScoreState{
-		NodeNameSet:             sets.String{},
+		NodeNameSet:             make(sets.String, len(filteredNodes)),
 		TopologyPairToPodCounts: make(map[topologyPair]*int64),
 	}
 	err = pl.initPreScoreState(state, pod, filteredNodes)
@@ -134,22 +137,13 @@ func (pl *PodTopologySpread) PreScore(
 			pair := topologyPair{key: c.TopologyKey, value: node.Labels[c.TopologyKey]}
 			// If current topology pair is not associated with any candidate node,
 			// continue to avoid unnecessary calculation.
-			if state.TopologyPairToPodCounts[pair] == nil {
+			// Per-node counts are also skipped, as they are done during Score.
+			tpCount := state.TopologyPairToPodCounts[pair]
+			if tpCount == nil {
 				continue
 			}
-
-			// <matchSum> indicates how many pods (on current node) match the <constraint>.
-			matchSum := int64(0)
-			for _, existingPod := range nodeInfo.Pods() {
-				// Bypass terminating Pod (see #87621).
-				if existingPod.DeletionTimestamp != nil || existingPod.Namespace != pod.Namespace {
-					continue
-				}
-				if c.Selector.Matches(labels.Set(existingPod.Labels)) {
-					matchSum++
-				}
-			}
-			atomic.AddInt64(state.TopologyPairToPodCounts[pair], matchSum)
+			count := countPodsMatchSelector(nodeInfo.Pods(), c.Selector, pod.Namespace)
+			atomic.AddInt64(tpCount, int64(count))
 		}
 	}
 	parallelize.Until(ctx, len(allNodes), processAllNode)
@@ -183,9 +177,14 @@ func (pl *PodTopologySpread) Score(ctx context.Context, cycleState *framework.Cy
 	var score int64
 	for _, c := range s.Constraints {
 		if tpVal, ok := node.Labels[c.TopologyKey]; ok {
-			pair := topologyPair{key: c.TopologyKey, value: tpVal}
-			matchSum := *s.TopologyPairToPodCounts[pair]
-			score += matchSum
+			if c.TopologyKey == v1.LabelHostname {
+				count := countPodsMatchSelector(nodeInfo.Pods(), c.Selector, pod.Namespace)
+				score += int64(count)
+			} else {
+				pair := topologyPair{key: c.TopologyKey, value: tpVal}
+				matchSum := *s.TopologyPairToPodCounts[pair]
+				score += matchSum
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return score, nil
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go
index 60583b7f021..c34503f02b5 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	framework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/internal/parallelize"
 	st "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/testing"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
@@ -746,19 +747,18 @@ func BenchmarkTestDefaultEvenPodsSpreadPriority(b *testing.B) {
 			b.ResetTimer()
 
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-				var gotList framework.NodeScoreList
 				status := p.PreScore(ctx, state, pod, filteredNodes)
 				if !status.IsSuccess() {
 					b.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", status)
 				}
-				for _, n := range filteredNodes {
-					score, status := p.Score(context.Background(), state, pod, n.Name)
-					if !status.IsSuccess() {
-						b.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", status)
-					}
-					gotList = append(gotList, framework.NodeScore{Name: n.Name, Score: score})
+				gotList := make(framework.NodeScoreList, len(filteredNodes))
+				scoreNode := func(i int) {
+					n := filteredNodes[i]
+					score, _ := p.Score(ctx, state, pod, n.Name)
+					gotList[i] = framework.NodeScore{Name: n.Name, Score: score}
 				}
-				status = p.NormalizeScore(context.Background(), state, pod, gotList)
+				parallelize.Until(ctx, len(filteredNodes), scoreNode)
+				status = p.NormalizeScore(ctx, state, pod, gotList)
 				if !status.IsSuccess() {
 					b.Fatal(status)
 				}