diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
index 76fe84deb18..0f445e4f01e 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ import (
 	configv1beta3 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1beta3"
 )
 
-func loadConfigFromFile(logger klog.Logger, file string) (*config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, error) {
+func LoadConfigFromFile(logger klog.Logger, file string) (*config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, error) {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return loadConfig(logger, data)
+	return LoadConfig(logger, data)
 }
 
-func loadConfig(logger klog.Logger, data []byte) (*config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, error) {
+func LoadConfig(logger klog.Logger, data []byte) (*config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, error) {
 	// The UniversalDecoder runs defaulting and returns the internal type by default.
 	obj, gvk, err := scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder().Decode(data, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go
index ac72f587c23..8f787396efb 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (o *Options) ApplyTo(logger klog.Logger, c *schedulerappconfig.Config) erro
 		o.ApplyLeaderElectionTo(o.ComponentConfig)
 		c.ComponentConfig = *o.ComponentConfig
 	} else {
-		cfg, err := loadConfigFromFile(logger, o.ConfigFile)
+		cfg, err := LoadConfigFromFile(logger, o.ConfigFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}