diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/cache.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/cache.go
index 0775ed05b48..bc17d178bf9 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/cache.go
@@ -261,12 +261,12 @@ func (cache *schedulerCache) UpdateNodeInfoSnapshot(nodeSnapshot *nodeinfosnapsh
 		cache.updateNodeInfoSnapshotList(nodeSnapshot, updateAllLists)
 	}
 
-	if len(nodeSnapshot.NodeInfoList) != len(nodeSnapshot.NodeInfoMap) {
-		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("snapshot state is not consistent, length of NodeInfoList=%v not equal to length of NodeInfoMap=%v "+
-			"length of nodes in cache=%v, length of nodes in tree=%v"+
+	if len(nodeSnapshot.NodeInfoList) != cache.nodeTree.numNodes {
+		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("snapshot state is not consistent, length of NodeInfoList=%v not equal to length of nodes in tree=%v "+
+			", length of NodeInfoMap=%v, length of nodes in cache=%v"+
 			", trying to recover",
-			len(nodeSnapshot.NodeInfoList), len(nodeSnapshot.NodeInfoMap),
-			len(cache.nodes), cache.nodeTree.numNodes)
+			len(nodeSnapshot.NodeInfoList), cache.nodeTree.numNodes,
+			len(nodeSnapshot.NodeInfoMap), len(cache.nodes))
 		klog.Error(errMsg)
 		// We will try to recover by re-creating the lists for the next scheduling cycle, but still return an
 		// error to surface the problem, the error will likely cause a failure to the current scheduling cycle.