diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
index 3a0766c8ffe..627c523dca7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ load(
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
     srcs = [
+        "events.go",
         "opaque_resource.go",
         "predicates.go",
         "rescheduler.go",
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/events.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/events.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d705187dd37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/events.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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 scheduling
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+)
+
+func scheduleSuccessEvent(podName, nodeName string) func(*v1.Event) bool {
+	return func(e *v1.Event) bool {
+		return e.Type == v1.EventTypeNormal &&
+			e.Reason == "Scheduled" &&
+			strings.HasPrefix(e.Name, podName) &&
+			strings.Contains(e.Message, fmt.Sprintf("Successfully assigned %v to %v", podName, nodeName))
+	}
+}
+
+func scheduleFailureEvent(podName string) func(*v1.Event) bool {
+	return func(e *v1.Event) bool {
+		return strings.HasPrefix(e.Name, podName) &&
+			e.Type == "Warning" &&
+			e.Reason == "FailedScheduling"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/opaque_resource.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/opaque_resource.go
index 0d49e49301f..cf2cfab86a1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/opaque_resource.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/opaque_resource.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Opaque resources [Feature:OpaqueResources]", fun
 		}
 		// Here we don't check for the bound node name since it can land on
 		// any one (this pod doesn't require any of the opaque resource.)
-		predicate := scheduleSuccess(pod.Name, "")
+		predicate := scheduleSuccessEvent(pod.Name, "")
 		success, err := common.ObserveEventAfterAction(f, predicate, action)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(success).To(Equal(true))
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Opaque resources [Feature:OpaqueResources]", fun
 			_, err := f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod)
 			return err
 		}
-		predicate := scheduleSuccess(pod.Name, node.Name)
+		predicate := scheduleSuccessEvent(pod.Name, node.Name)
 		success, err := common.ObserveEventAfterAction(f, predicate, action)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(success).To(Equal(true))
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Opaque resources [Feature:OpaqueResources]", fun
 			_, err := f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(f.NewTestPod("over-max-oir", requests, limits))
 			return err
 		}
-		predicate := scheduleFailure("over-max-oir")
+		predicate := scheduleFailureEvent("over-max-oir")
 		success, err := common.ObserveEventAfterAction(f, predicate, action)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(success).To(Equal(true))
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Opaque resources [Feature:OpaqueResources]", fun
 			_, err := f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod)
 			return err
 		}
-		predicate := scheduleSuccess(pod.Name, node.Name)
+		predicate := scheduleSuccessEvent(pod.Name, node.Name)
 		success, err := common.ObserveEventAfterAction(f, predicate, action)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(success).To(Equal(true))
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Opaque resources [Feature:OpaqueResources]", fun
 			_, err = f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod)
 			return err
 		}
-		predicate = scheduleFailure(pod.Name)
+		predicate = scheduleFailureEvent(pod.Name)
 		success, err = common.ObserveEventAfterAction(f, predicate, action)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(success).To(Equal(true))
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Opaque resources [Feature:OpaqueResources]", fun
 			_, err := f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod1)
 			return err
 		}
-		predicate := scheduleSuccess(pod1.Name, node.Name)
+		predicate := scheduleSuccessEvent(pod1.Name, node.Name)
 		success, err := common.ObserveEventAfterAction(f, predicate, action)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(success).To(Equal(true))
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Opaque resources [Feature:OpaqueResources]", fun
 			_, err := f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod2)
 			return err
 		}
-		predicate = scheduleFailure(pod2.Name)
+		predicate = scheduleFailureEvent(pod2.Name)
 		success, err = common.ObserveEventAfterAction(f, predicate, action)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(success).To(Equal(true))
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Opaque resources [Feature:OpaqueResources]", fun
 			err := f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(pod1.Name, nil)
 			return err
 		}
-		predicate = scheduleSuccess(pod2.Name, node.Name)
+		predicate = scheduleSuccessEvent(pod2.Name, node.Name)
 		success, err = common.ObserveEventAfterAction(f, predicate, action)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(success).To(Equal(true))
@@ -302,20 +302,3 @@ func escapeForJSONPatch(resName v1.ResourceName) string {
 	// See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901#section-3
 	return strings.Replace(string(resName), "/", "~1", -1)
 }
-
-func scheduleSuccess(podName, nodeName string) func(*v1.Event) bool {
-	return func(e *v1.Event) bool {
-		return e.Type == v1.EventTypeNormal &&
-			e.Reason == "Scheduled" &&
-			strings.HasPrefix(e.Name, podName) &&
-			strings.Contains(e.Message, fmt.Sprintf("Successfully assigned %v to %v", podName, nodeName))
-	}
-}
-
-func scheduleFailure(podName string) func(*v1.Event) bool {
-	return func(e *v1.Event) bool {
-		return strings.HasPrefix(e.Name, podName) &&
-			e.Type == "Warning" &&
-			e.Reason == "FailedScheduling"
-	}
-}