diff --git a/test/integration/framework/etcd.go b/test/integration/framework/etcd.go
index aa1d36a86ab..e7c95570615 100644
--- a/test/integration/framework/etcd.go
+++ b/test/integration/framework/etcd.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package framework
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
@@ -168,6 +169,9 @@ func RunCustomEtcd(dataDir string, customFlags []string) (url string, stopFn fun
 
 // EtcdMain starts an etcd instance before running tests.
 func EtcdMain(tests func() int) {
+	// Bail out early when -help was given as parameter.
+	flag.Parse()
+
 	stop, err := startEtcd()
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("cannot run integration tests: unable to start etcd: %v", err)
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler_perf/main_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler_perf/main_test.go
index 5abe66a8f8a..16275396eba 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler_perf/main_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler_perf/main_test.go
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package benchmark
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
 )
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	flag.Parse()
 	framework.EtcdMain(m.Run)
 }