diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/v1/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/v1/validation/validation.go
index f159fb60f5e..4f7ca42e40f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/v1/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/v1/validation/validation.go
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/helper"
 	v1helper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper"
+	apivalidation "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/validation"
 )
 
 const isNegativeErrorMsg string = `must be greater than or equal to 0`
@@ -109,10 +109,7 @@ func ValidateNonnegativeQuantity(value resource.Quantity, fldPath *field.Path) f
 // Validate compute resource typename.
 // Refer to docs/design/resources.md for more details.
 func validateResourceName(value string, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
-	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
-	for _, msg := range validation.IsQualifiedName(value) {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, value, msg))
-	}
+	allErrs := apivalidation.ValidateQualifiedName(value, fldPath)
 	if len(allErrs) != 0 {
 		return allErrs
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/discovery/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/discovery/validation/validation.go
index 4754c1449e8..a514ef77d8a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/discovery/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/discovery/validation/validation.go
@@ -166,9 +166,7 @@ func validatePorts(endpointPorts []discovery.EndpointPort, fldPath *field.Path)
 		}
 
 		if endpointPort.AppProtocol != nil {
-			for _, msg := range validation.IsQualifiedName(*endpointPort.AppProtocol) {
-				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(idxPath.Child("appProtocol"), endpointPort.AppProtocol, msg))
-			}
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidateQualifiedName(*endpointPort.AppProtocol, idxPath.Child("appProtocol"))...)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/storage/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/storage/validation/validation.go
index 6f4e34e6414..0910a20cb79 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/storage/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/storage/validation/validation.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	apimachineryvalidation "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validation"
 	metav1validation "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/validation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/helper"
@@ -91,9 +90,7 @@ func validateProvisioner(provisioner string, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorLis
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath, provisioner))
 	}
 	if len(provisioner) > 0 {
-		for _, msg := range validation.IsQualifiedName(strings.ToLower(provisioner)) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, provisioner, msg))
-		}
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidateQualifiedName(strings.ToLower(provisioner), fldPath)...)
 	}
 	return allErrs
 }
@@ -401,9 +398,7 @@ func validateCSINodeDriver(driver storage.CSINodeDriver, driverNamesInSpecs sets
 		}
 		topoKeys.Insert(key)
 
-		for _, msg := range validation.IsQualifiedName(key) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, driver.TopologyKeys, msg))
-		}
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidateQualifiedName(key, fldPath)...)
 	}
 
 	return allErrs