diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/scoring.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/scoring.go
index 357c6ad15d1..464e0f3b5d1 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/scoring.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/scoring.go
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ func (pl *InterPodAffinity) PreScore(
 	if hasPreferredAffinityConstraints || hasPreferredAntiAffinityConstraints {
 		allNodes, err = pl.sharedLister.NodeInfos().List()
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf("failed to get all nodes from shared lister: %w", err))
+			return framework.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf("failed to get all nodes from shared lister: %w", err))
 		}
 	} else {
 		allNodes, err = pl.sharedLister.NodeInfos().HavePodsWithAffinityList()
 		if err != nil {
-			framework.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf("failed to get pods with affinity list: %w", err))
+			return framework.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf("failed to get pods with affinity list: %w", err))
 		}
 	}