diff --git a/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller.go b/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller.go
index c7a8929fd71..1df7d2d2c3e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller.go
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ func (nc *NodeController) doEvictionPass() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (nc *NodeController) doTaintingPass() {
+func (nc *NodeController) doNoExecuteTaintingPass() {
 	nc.evictorLock.Lock()
 	defer nc.evictorLock.Unlock()
 	for k := range nc.zoneNoExecuteTainer {
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func (nc *NodeController) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	if nc.useTaintBasedEvictions {
 		// Handling taint based evictions. Because we don't want a dedicated logic in TaintManager for NC-originated
 		// taints and we normally don't rate limit evictions caused by taints, we need to rate limit adding taints.
-		go wait.Until(nc.doTaintingPass, nodeEvictionPeriod, wait.NeverStop)
+		go wait.Until(nc.doNoExecuteTaintingPass, nodeEvictionPeriod, wait.NeverStop)
 	} else {
 		// Managing eviction of nodes:
 		// When we delete pods off a node, if the node was not empty at the time we then
diff --git a/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go b/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go
index 5c5525302c6..34d78faaed1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go
@@ -2005,7 +2005,7 @@ func TestSwapUnreachableNotReadyTaints(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := nodeController.monitorNodeStatus(); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-	nodeController.doTaintingPass()
+	nodeController.doNoExecuteTaintingPass()
 
 	node0, err := fakeNodeHandler.Get("node0", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ func TestSwapUnreachableNotReadyTaints(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := nodeController.monitorNodeStatus(); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-	nodeController.doTaintingPass()
+	nodeController.doNoExecuteTaintingPass()
 
 	node0, err = fakeNodeHandler.Get("node0", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {