diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_test.go
index e4d59c2a18f..9de0544825f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_test.go
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ func TestGetImageUser(t *testing.T) {
 		i.Images[test.originalImage.name].Username = test.originalImage.username
 		i.Images[test.originalImage.name].Uid = test.originalImage.uid
 
-		uid, username, error := m.getImageUser(test.originalImage.name)
-		assert.NoError(t, error, "TestCase[%d]", j)
+		uid, username, err := m.getImageUser(test.originalImage.name)
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "TestCase[%d]", j)
 
 		if test.expectedImageUserValues.uid == (*int64)(nil) {
 			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedImageUserValues.uid, uid, "TestCase[%d]", j)
diff --git a/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/configurator_test.go b/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/configurator_test.go
index 2dee043d8d9..c4bc1bd1424 100644
--- a/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/configurator_test.go
+++ b/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/configurator_test.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ func TestSchedulerConfiguratorFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	sc := &schedulerConfigurator{
 	// policyfile and algorithm are intentionally undefined.
 	}
-	_, error := sc.Create()
-	if error == nil {
+	_, err := sc.Create()
+	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected error message when creating with incomplete configurator.")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler_test.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler_test.go
index 5255b12ff7e..48828b3bb98 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/core/generic_scheduler_test.go
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func makeNode(node string, milliCPU, memory int64) *v1.Node {
 }
 
 func TestHumanReadableFitError(t *testing.T) {
-	error := &FitError{
+	err := &FitError{
 		Pod: &v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "2"}},
 		FailedPredicates: FailedPredicateMap{
 			"1": []algorithm.PredicateFailureReason{algorithmpredicates.ErrNodeUnderMemoryPressure},
@@ -410,12 +410,12 @@ func TestHumanReadableFitError(t *testing.T) {
 			"3": []algorithm.PredicateFailureReason{algorithmpredicates.ErrNodeUnderDiskPressure},
 		},
 	}
-	if strings.Contains(error.Error(), NoNodeAvailableMsg) {
-		if strings.Contains(error.Error(), "NodeUnderDiskPressure (2)") && strings.Contains(error.Error(), "NodeUnderMemoryPressure (1)") {
+	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), NoNodeAvailableMsg) {
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "NodeUnderDiskPressure (2)") && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "NodeUnderMemoryPressure (1)") {
 			return
 		}
 	}
-	t.Errorf("Error message doesn't have all the information content: [" + error.Error() + "]")
+	t.Errorf("Error message doesn't have all the information content: [" + err.Error() + "]")
 }
 
 // The point of this test is to show that you: