diff --git a/pkg/util/workqueue/parallelizer.go b/pkg/util/workqueue/parallelizer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b773d53885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/workqueue/parallelizer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package workqueue
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	utilruntime "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/runtime"
+)
+
+type DoWorkPieceFunc func(piece int)
+
+// Parallelize is a very simple framework that allow for parallelizing
+// N independent pieces of work.
+func Parallelize(workers, pieces int, doWorkPiece DoWorkPieceFunc) {
+	toProcess := make(chan int, pieces)
+	for i := 0; i < pieces; i++ {
+		toProcess <- i
+	}
+	close(toProcess)
+
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(workers)
+	for i := 0; i < workers; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for piece := range toProcess {
+				doWorkPiece(piece)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler.go
index 85fb6f9593a..d1a8abc59e2 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler.go
@@ -21,20 +21,19 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"sort"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/errors"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/workqueue"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates"
 	schedulerapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/schedulercache"
 )
 
-type FailedPredicateMap map[string]sets.String
+type FailedPredicateMap map[string]string
 
 type FitError struct {
 	Pod              *api.Pod
@@ -47,8 +46,8 @@ var ErrNoNodesAvailable = fmt.Errorf("no nodes available to schedule pods")
 func (f *FitError) Error() string {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("pod (%s) failed to fit in any node\n", f.Pod.Name))
-	for node, predicateList := range f.FailedPredicates {
-		reason := fmt.Sprintf("fit failure on node (%s): %s\n", node, strings.Join(predicateList.List(), ","))
+	for node, predicate := range f.FailedPredicates {
+		reason := fmt.Sprintf("fit failure on node (%s): %s\n", node, predicate)
 		buf.WriteString(reason)
 	}
 	return buf.String()
@@ -126,51 +125,32 @@ func (g *genericScheduler) selectHost(priorityList schedulerapi.HostPriorityList
 // Filters the nodes to find the ones that fit based on the given predicate functions
 // Each node is passed through the predicate functions to determine if it is a fit
 func findNodesThatFit(pod *api.Pod, nodeNameToInfo map[string]*schedulercache.NodeInfo, predicateFuncs map[string]algorithm.FitPredicate, nodes api.NodeList, extenders []algorithm.SchedulerExtender) (api.NodeList, FailedPredicateMap, error) {
+	predicateResultLock := sync.Mutex{}
 	filtered := []api.Node{}
 	failedPredicateMap := FailedPredicateMap{}
+	errs := []error{}
 
-	for _, node := range nodes.Items {
-		fits := true
-		for _, predicate := range predicateFuncs {
-			fit, err := predicate(pod, node.Name, nodeNameToInfo[node.Name])
-			if err != nil {
-				switch e := err.(type) {
-				case *predicates.InsufficientResourceError:
-					if fit {
-						err := fmt.Errorf("got InsufficientResourceError: %v, but also fit='true' which is unexpected", e)
-						return api.NodeList{}, FailedPredicateMap{}, err
-					}
-				case *predicates.PredicateFailureError:
-					if fit {
-						err := fmt.Errorf("got PredicateFailureError: %v, but also fit='true' which is unexpected", e)
-						return api.NodeList{}, FailedPredicateMap{}, err
-					}
-				default:
-					return api.NodeList{}, FailedPredicateMap{}, err
-				}
-			}
-			if !fit {
-				fits = false
-				if _, found := failedPredicateMap[node.Name]; !found {
-					failedPredicateMap[node.Name] = sets.String{}
-				}
-				if re, ok := err.(*predicates.InsufficientResourceError); ok {
-					failedPredicateMap[node.Name].Insert(fmt.Sprintf("Insufficient %s", re.ResourceName))
-					break
-				}
-				if re, ok := err.(*predicates.PredicateFailureError); ok {
-					failedPredicateMap[node.Name].Insert(re.PredicateName)
-					break
-				} else {
-					err := fmt.Errorf("SchedulerPredicates failed due to %v, which is unexpected.", err)
-					return api.NodeList{}, FailedPredicateMap{}, err
-				}
-			}
+	checkNode := func(i int) {
+		nodeName := nodes.Items[i].Name
+		fits, failedPredicate, err := podFitsOnNode(pod, nodeName, nodeNameToInfo[nodeName], predicateFuncs)
+
+		predicateResultLock.Lock()
+		defer predicateResultLock.Unlock()
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+			return
 		}
 		if fits {
-			filtered = append(filtered, node)
+			filtered = append(filtered, nodes.Items[i])
+		} else {
+			failedPredicateMap[nodeName] = failedPredicate
 		}
 	}
+	workqueue.Parallelize(16, len(nodes.Items), checkNode)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		return api.NodeList{}, FailedPredicateMap{}, errors.NewAggregate(errs)
+	}
+
 	if len(filtered) > 0 && len(extenders) != 0 {
 		for _, extender := range extenders {
 			filteredList, err := extender.Filter(pod, &api.NodeList{Items: filtered})
@@ -186,6 +166,41 @@ func findNodesThatFit(pod *api.Pod, nodeNameToInfo map[string]*schedulercache.No
 	return api.NodeList{Items: filtered}, failedPredicateMap, nil
 }
 
+// Checks whether node with a given name and NodeInfo satisfies all predicateFuncs.
+func podFitsOnNode(pod *api.Pod, nodeName string, info *schedulercache.NodeInfo, predicateFuncs map[string]algorithm.FitPredicate) (bool, string, error) {
+	for _, predicate := range predicateFuncs {
+		fit, err := predicate(pod, nodeName, info)
+		if err != nil {
+			switch e := err.(type) {
+			case *predicates.InsufficientResourceError:
+				if fit {
+					err := fmt.Errorf("got InsufficientResourceError: %v, but also fit='true' which is unexpected", e)
+					return false, "", err
+				}
+			case *predicates.PredicateFailureError:
+				if fit {
+					err := fmt.Errorf("got PredicateFailureError: %v, but also fit='true' which is unexpected", e)
+					return false, "", err
+				}
+			default:
+				return false, "", err
+			}
+		}
+		if !fit {
+			if re, ok := err.(*predicates.InsufficientResourceError); ok {
+				return false, fmt.Sprintf("Insufficient %s", re.ResourceName), nil
+			}
+			if re, ok := err.(*predicates.PredicateFailureError); ok {
+				return false, re.PredicateName, nil
+			} else {
+				err := fmt.Errorf("SchedulerPredicates failed due to %v, which is unexpected.", err)
+				return false, "", err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true, "", nil
+}
+
 // Prioritizes the nodes by running the individual priority functions in parallel.
 // Each priority function is expected to set a score of 0-10
 // 0 is the lowest priority score (least preferred node) and 10 is the highest
@@ -226,18 +241,17 @@ func PrioritizeNodes(
 			weight := config.Weight
 			priorityFunc := config.Function
 			prioritizedList, err := priorityFunc(pod, nodeNameToInfo, nodeLister)
+
+			mu.Lock()
+			defer mu.Unlock()
 			if err != nil {
-				mu.Lock()
 				errs = append(errs, err)
-				mu.Unlock()
 				return
 			}
-			mu.Lock()
 			for i := range prioritizedList {
 				host, score := prioritizedList[i].Host, prioritizedList[i].Score
 				combinedScores[host] += score * weight
 			}
-			mu.Unlock()
 		}(priorityConfig)
 	}
 	if len(errs) != 0 {
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler_test.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler_test.go
index 0bce1fedd32..4519d5f507c 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler_test.go
@@ -309,12 +309,12 @@ func TestFindFitAllError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		failures, found := predicateMap[node]
+		failure, found := predicateMap[node]
 		if !found {
 			t.Errorf("failed to find node: %s in %v", node, predicateMap)
 		}
-		if len(failures) != 1 || !failures.Has("false") {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected failures: %v", failures)
+		if failure != "false" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected failures: %v", failure)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -342,12 +342,12 @@ func TestFindFitSomeError(t *testing.T) {
 		if node == pod.Name {
 			continue
 		}
-		failures, found := predicateMap[node]
+		failure, found := predicateMap[node]
 		if !found {
 			t.Errorf("failed to find node: %s in %v", node, predicateMap)
 		}
-		if len(failures) != 1 || !failures.Has("false") {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected failures: %v", failures)
+		if failure != "false" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected failures: %v", failure)
 		}
 	}
 }