diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler.go b/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler.go
index fb24bf098a2..1e4fb42207a 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler.go
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func (g *genericScheduler) podFitsOnNode(
 			}
 		}
 
-		status = g.framework.RunFilterPlugins(pluginContext, pod, info.Node().Name)
+		status = g.framework.RunFilterPlugins(pluginContext, pod, nodeInfoToUse)
 		if !status.IsSuccess() && !status.IsUnschedulable() {
 			return false, failedPredicates, status, status.AsError()
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler_test.go
index e753257b52a..1e5215d5db0 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler_test.go
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ func (fp *FakeFilterPlugin) reset() {
 
 // Filter is a test function that returns an error or nil, depending on the
 // value of "failedNodeReturnCodeMap".
-func (fp *FakeFilterPlugin) Filter(pc *framework.PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeName string) *framework.Status {
+func (fp *FakeFilterPlugin) Filter(pc *framework.PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeInfo *schedulernodeinfo.NodeInfo) *framework.Status {
 	atomic.AddInt32(&fp.numFilterCalled, 1)
 
-	if returnCode, ok := fp.failedNodeReturnCodeMap[nodeName]; ok {
+	if returnCode, ok := fp.failedNodeReturnCodeMap[nodeInfo.Node().Name]; ok {
 		return framework.NewStatus(returnCode, fmt.Sprintf("injecting failure for pod %v", pod.Name))
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noop/BUILD b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noop/BUILD
index c28a009d26c..4054116da3b 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noop/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noop/BUILD
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/scheduler/nodeinfo:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noop/noop.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noop/noop.go
index b590d0f6c73..f73568d982f 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noop/noop.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noop/noop.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 
 	framework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/nodeinfo"
 )
 
 // Filter is a plugin that implements the filter plugin and always returns Success.
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func (n Filter) Name() string {
 }
 
 // Filter invoked at the filter extension point.
-func (n Filter) Filter(pc *framework.PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeName string) *framework.Status {
+func (n Filter) Filter(pc *framework.PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeInfo *nodeinfo.NodeInfo) *framework.Status {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/framework.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/framework.go
index f29d9a127b2..641f27d46ae 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/framework.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/framework.go
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ func (f *framework) RunPreFilterPlugins(
 // given node is not suitable for running pod.
 // Meanwhile, the failure message and status are set for the given node.
 func (f *framework) RunFilterPlugins(pc *PluginContext,
-	pod *v1.Pod, nodeName string) *Status {
+	pod *v1.Pod, nodeInfo *schedulernodeinfo.NodeInfo) *Status {
 	for _, pl := range f.filterPlugins {
-		status := pl.Filter(pc, pod, nodeName)
+		status := pl.Filter(pc, pod, nodeInfo)
 		if !status.IsSuccess() {
 			if !status.IsUnschedulable() {
 				errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("error while running %q filter plugin for pod %q: %v",
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/interface.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/interface.go
index 246bfdb34f4..25490ad32e5 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/interface.go
@@ -188,7 +188,14 @@ type FilterPlugin interface {
 	// the given node fits the pod. If Filter doesn't return "Success",
 	// please refer scheduler/algorithm/predicates/error.go
 	// to set error message.
-	Filter(pc *PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeName string) *Status
+	// For the node being evaluated, Filter plugins should look at the passed
+	// nodeInfo reference for this particular node's information (e.g., pods
+	// considered to be running on the node) instead of looking it up in the
+	// NodeInfoSnapshot because we don't guarantee that they will be the same.
+	// For example, during preemption, we may pass a copy of the original
+	// nodeInfo object that has some pods removed from it to evaluate the
+	// possibility of preempting them to schedule the target pod.
+	Filter(pc *PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeInfo *schedulernodeinfo.NodeInfo) *Status
 }
 
 // PostFilterPlugin is an interface for Post-filter plugin. Post-filter is an
@@ -308,10 +315,16 @@ type Framework interface {
 	// cycle is aborted.
 	RunPreFilterPlugins(pc *PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod) *Status
 
-	// RunFilterPlugins runs the set of configured filter plugins for pod on the
-	// given host. If any of these plugins returns any status other than "Success",
-	// the given node is not suitable for running the pod.
-	RunFilterPlugins(pc *PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeName string) *Status
+	// RunFilterPlugins runs the set of configured filter plugins for pod on
+	// the given node. It returns directly if any of the filter plugins
+	// return any status other than "Success". Note that for the node being
+	// evaluated, the passed nodeInfo reference could be different from the
+	// one in NodeInfoSnapshot map (e.g., pods considered to be running on
+	// the node could be different). For example, during preemption, we may
+	// pass a copy of the original nodeInfo object that has some pods
+	// removed from it to evaluate the possibility of preempting them to
+	// schedule the target pod.
+	RunFilterPlugins(pc *PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeInfo *schedulernodeinfo.NodeInfo) *Status
 
 	// RunPostFilterPlugins runs the set of configured post-filter plugins. If any
 	// of these plugins returns any status other than "Success", the given node is
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
index 779f69d9f13..4365346cb76 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (*fakeFramework) RunPreFilterPlugins(pc *framework.PluginContext, pod *v1.P
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (*fakeFramework) RunFilterPlugins(pc *framework.PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeName string) *framework.Status {
+func (*fakeFramework) RunFilterPlugins(pc *framework.PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeInfo *schedulernodeinfo.NodeInfo) *framework.Status {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/framework_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/framework_test.go
index 61729fbf580..333058957ef 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/framework_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/framework_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	schedulerconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config"
 	framework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1"
+	schedulernodeinfo "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/nodeinfo"
 )
 
 type PreFilterPlugin struct {
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ func (fp *FilterPlugin) reset() {
 
 // Filter is a test function that returns an error or nil, depending on the
 // value of "failFilter".
-func (fp *FilterPlugin) Filter(pc *framework.PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeName string) *framework.Status {
+func (fp *FilterPlugin) Filter(pc *framework.PluginContext, pod *v1.Pod, nodeInfo *schedulernodeinfo.NodeInfo) *framework.Status {
 	fp.numFilterCalled++
 
 	if fp.failFilter {