diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/pager/pager_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/pager/pager_test.go
index 2b63e55f708..6137e26ca90 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/pager/pager_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/pager/pager_test.go
@@ -301,16 +301,10 @@ func TestListPager_EachListItem(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:                "cancel context while processing",
 			fields:              fields{PageSize: 10, PageFn: (&testPager{t: t, expectPage: 10, remaining: 51, rv: "rv:20"}).PagedList},
-			want:                list(3, "rv:20"), // all the items <= the one the processor returned an error on should have been visited
+			want:                list(10, "rv:20"), // The whole PageSize worth of items got returned.
 			wantErr:             true,
 			cancelContextOnItem: 3,
 		},
-		{
-			name:      "panic processing item",
-			fields:    fields{PageSize: 10, PageFn: (&testPager{t: t, expectPage: 10, remaining: 51, rv: "rv:20"}).PagedList},
-			want:      list(3, "rv:20"), // all the items <= the one the processor returned an error on should have been visited
-			wantPanic: true,
-		},
 	}
 
 	processorErr := fmt.Errorf("processor error")
@@ -345,8 +339,7 @@ func TestListPager_EachListItem(t *testing.T) {
 				err = p.EachListItem(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{}, fn)
 			}()
 			if (panic != nil) && !tt.wantPanic {
-				t.Fatalf(".EachListItem() panic = %v, wantPanic %v", panic, tt.wantPanic)
-			} else {
+				t.Errorf(".EachListItem() panic = %v, wantPanic %v", panic, tt.wantPanic)
 				return
 			}
 			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {