diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
index bfd9984c7e3..65e7ac9b4a5 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const (
 
 // IMPORTANT NOTE for predicate developers:
 // We are using cached predicate result for pods belonging to the same equivalence class.
-// So when updating a existing predicate, you should consider whether your change will introduce new
+// So when updating an existing predicate, you should consider whether your change will introduce new
 // dependency to attributes of any API object like Pod, Node, Service etc.
 // If yes, you are expected to invalidate the cached predicate result for related API object change.
 // For example:
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/predicates_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/predicates_test.go
index 0fe1fc78879..beb5873fd78 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/predicates_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/predicates_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import (
 
 // This file tests the scheduler predicates functionality.
 
+const pollInterval = 100 * time.Millisecond
+
 // TestInterPodAffinity verifies that scheduler's inter pod affinity and
 // anti-affinity predicate functions works correctly.
 func TestInterPodAffinity(t *testing.T) {
@@ -808,6 +810,7 @@ func TestInterPodAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 			test: "nodes[0] and nodes[1] have same topologyKey and label value. nodes[0] has an existing pod that matches the inter pod affinity rule. The new pod can not be scheduled onto either of the two nodes.",
 		},
 	}
+
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		for _, pod := range test.pods {
 			var nsName string
@@ -820,7 +823,7 @@ func TestInterPodAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Test Failed: error, %v, while creating pod during test: %v", err, test.test)
 			}
-			err = wait.Poll(time.Second, wait.ForeverTestTimeout, podScheduled(cs, createdPod.Namespace, createdPod.Name))
+			err = wait.Poll(pollInterval, wait.ForeverTestTimeout, podScheduled(cs, createdPod.Namespace, createdPod.Name))
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("Test Failed: error, %v, while waiting for pod during test, %v", err, test)
 			}
@@ -831,12 +834,20 @@ func TestInterPodAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("Test Failed: error, %v, while creating pod during test: %v", err, test.test)
 			}
 		} else {
-			err = wait.Poll(time.Second, wait.ForeverTestTimeout, podScheduled(cs, testPod.Namespace, testPod.Name))
-			if err != nil && err != wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
-				t.Errorf("Test Failed: error, %v, while waiting for pod to get scheduled, %v", err, test.test)
+			waitTime := wait.ForeverTestTimeout
+			if !test.fits {
+				waitTime = 2 * time.Second
 			}
-			if (err == nil) != test.fits {
-				t.Errorf("Test Failed: %v, err %v, test.fits %v", test.test, err, test.fits)
+
+			err = wait.Poll(pollInterval, waitTime, podScheduled(cs, testPod.Namespace, testPod.Name))
+			if test.fits {
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("Test Failed: %v, err %v, test.fits %v", test.test, err, test.fits)
+				}
+			} else {
+				if err != wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+					t.Errorf("Test Failed: error, %v, while waiting for pod to get scheduled, %v", err, test.test)
+				}
 			}
 
 			for _, pod := range test.pods {
@@ -850,7 +861,7 @@ func TestInterPodAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Errorf("Test Failed: error, %v, while deleting pod during test: %v", err, test.test)
 				}
-				err = wait.Poll(time.Second, wait.ForeverTestTimeout, podDeleted(cs, nsName, pod.Name))
+				err = wait.Poll(pollInterval, wait.ForeverTestTimeout, podDeleted(cs, nsName, pod.Name))
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Errorf("Test Failed: error, %v, while waiting for pod to get deleted, %v", err, test.test)
 				}
@@ -859,7 +870,7 @@ func TestInterPodAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("Test Failed: error, %v, while deleting pod during test: %v", err, test.test)
 			}
-			err = wait.Poll(time.Second, wait.ForeverTestTimeout, podDeleted(cs, context.ns.Name, test.pod.Name))
+			err = wait.Poll(pollInterval, wait.ForeverTestTimeout, podDeleted(cs, context.ns.Name, test.pod.Name))
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("Test Failed: error, %v, while waiting for pod to get deleted, %v", err, test.test)
 			}
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index 770a9bead28..813ffdfb020 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func TestUnschedulableNodes(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// There are no schedulable nodes - the pod shouldn't be scheduled.
-		err = waitForPodToSchedule(context.clientSet, myPod)
+		err = waitForPodToScheduleWithTimeout(context.clientSet, myPod, 2*time.Second)
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("Pod scheduled successfully on unschedulable nodes")
 		}
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/util.go b/test/integration/scheduler/util.go
index 81726f1caba..885e367133a 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/util.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/util.go
@@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ func podScheduled(c clientset.Interface, podNamespace, podName string) wait.Cond
 // waitForPodToScheduleWithTimeout waits for a pod to get scheduled and returns
 // an error if it does not scheduled within the given timeout.
 func waitForPodToScheduleWithTimeout(cs clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, timeout time.Duration) error {
-	return wait.Poll(time.Second, timeout, podScheduled(cs, pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
+	return wait.Poll(100*time.Millisecond, timeout, podScheduled(cs, pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
 }
 
 // waitForPodToSchedule waits for a pod to get scheduled and returns an error if
-// it does not scheduled within the timeout duration (30 seconds).
+// it does not get scheduled within the timeout duration (30 seconds).
 func waitForPodToSchedule(cs clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod) error {
-	return waitForPodToScheduleWithTimeout(cs, pod, wait.ForeverTestTimeout)
+	return waitForPodToScheduleWithTimeout(cs, pod, 30*time.Second)
 }
 
 // deletePod deletes the given pod in the given namespace.