diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler_perf/scheduler_perf_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler_perf/scheduler_perf_test.go
index 6f0f39bf6dc..596954c258d 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler_perf/scheduler_perf_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler_perf/scheduler_perf_test.go
@@ -750,7 +750,13 @@ func runWorkload(ctx context.Context, b *testing.B, tc *testCase, w *workload) [
 			b.Fatalf("validate scheduler config file failed: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
-	podInformer, client, dynClient := mustSetupScheduler(ctx, b, cfg)
+	informerFactory, client, dynClient := mustSetupScheduler(ctx, b, cfg)
+
+	// Additional informers needed for testing. The pod informer was
+	// already created before (scheduler.NewInformerFactory) and the
+	// factory was started for it (mustSetupScheduler), therefore we don't
+	// need to start again.
+	podInformer := informerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
 
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 	var dataItems []DataItem
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler_perf/util.go b/test/integration/scheduler_perf/util.go
index ca94f5196b4..cc7e028e93d 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler_perf/util.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler_perf/util.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	coreinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func newDefaultComponentConfig() (*config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, error) {
 // remove resources after finished.
 // Notes on rate limiter:
 //   - client rate limit is set to 5000.
-func mustSetupScheduler(ctx context.Context, b *testing.B, config *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration) (coreinformers.PodInformer, clientset.Interface, dynamic.Interface) {
+func mustSetupScheduler(ctx context.Context, b *testing.B, config *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration) (informers.SharedInformerFactory, clientset.Interface, dynamic.Interface) {
 	// Run API server with minimimal logging by default. Can be raised with -v.
 	framework.MinVerbosity = 0
 
@@ -112,10 +113,10 @@ func mustSetupScheduler(ctx context.Context, b *testing.B, config *config.KubeSc
 
 	// Not all config options will be effective but only those mostly related with scheduler performance will
 	// be applied to start a scheduler, most of them are defined in `scheduler.schedulerOptions`.
-	_, podInformer := util.StartScheduler(ctx, client, cfg, config)
+	_, informerFactory := util.StartScheduler(ctx, client, cfg, config)
 	util.StartFakePVController(ctx, client)
 
-	return podInformer, client, dynClient
+	return informerFactory, client, dynClient
 }
 
 // Returns the list of scheduled pods in the specified namespaces.
diff --git a/test/integration/util/util.go b/test/integration/util/util.go
index b39ca1725c9..68442ab89e0 100644
--- a/test/integration/util/util.go
+++ b/test/integration/util/util.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/dynamicinformer"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
-	coreinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	corelisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ type ShutdownFunc func()
 // StartScheduler configures and starts a scheduler given a handle to the clientSet interface
 // and event broadcaster. It returns the running scheduler and podInformer. Background goroutines
 // will keep running until the context is canceled.
-func StartScheduler(ctx context.Context, clientSet clientset.Interface, kubeConfig *restclient.Config, cfg *kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerConfiguration) (*scheduler.Scheduler, coreinformers.PodInformer) {
+func StartScheduler(ctx context.Context, clientSet clientset.Interface, kubeConfig *restclient.Config, cfg *kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerConfiguration) (*scheduler.Scheduler, informers.SharedInformerFactory) {
 	informerFactory := scheduler.NewInformerFactory(clientSet, 0)
 	evtBroadcaster := events.NewBroadcaster(&events.EventSinkImpl{
 		Interface: clientSet.EventsV1()})
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ func StartScheduler(ctx context.Context, clientSet clientset.Interface, kubeConf
 	informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 	go sched.Run(ctx)
 
-	return sched, informerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
+	return sched, informerFactory
 }
 
 // StartFakePVController is a simplified pv controller logic that sets PVC VolumeName and annotation for each PV binding.