diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpreemption/default_preemption_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpreemption/default_preemption_test.go
index e5dad04a176f..43c91ac1783d 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpreemption/default_preemption_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/defaultpreemption/default_preemption_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
-	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -302,11 +301,11 @@ func TestPostFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			gotResult, gotStatus := p.PostFilter(context.TODO(), state, tt.pod, tt.filteredNodesStatuses)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, tt.wantStatus) {
-				t.Errorf("Status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, tt.wantStatus)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected status (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(gotResult, tt.wantResult); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("Unexpected postFilterResult (-want, +got): %s", diff)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantResult, gotResult); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected postFilterResult (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/BUILD b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/BUILD
index 7a99d65d061a..6ee109baba56 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/BUILD
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ go_test(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/informers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/normalize_score_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/normalize_score_test.go
index 5deefac35135..50680a651596 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/normalize_score_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/normalize_score_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ package helper
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework"
 )
 
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ func TestDefaultNormalizeScore(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			DefaultNormalizeScore(framework.MaxNodeScore, test.reverse, scores)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(scores, expectedScores) {
-				t.Errorf("expected %v, got %v", expectedScores, scores)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(expectedScores, scores); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected scores (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/spread_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/spread_test.go
index dda1679a6e28..fa5aaa0df11e 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/spread_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/helper/spread_test.go
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ package helper
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ func TestGetPodServices(t *testing.T) {
 			get, err := GetPodServices(fakeInformerFactory.Core().V1().Services().Lister(), test.pod)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("Error from GetPodServices: %v", err)
-			} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(get, test.expect) {
-				t.Errorf("Expect services %v, but got %v", test.expect, get)
+			} else if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expect, get); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected services (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/imagelocality/BUILD b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/imagelocality/BUILD
index 820525268f23..a8319d7d2e3f 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/imagelocality/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/imagelocality/BUILD
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/scheduler/internal/cache:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/imagelocality/image_locality_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/imagelocality/image_locality_test.go
index 2225823be228..c18b68fc019b 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/imagelocality/image_locality_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/imagelocality/image_locality_test.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework"
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ func TestImageLocalityPriority(t *testing.T) {
 				gotList = append(gotList, framework.NodeScore{Name: nodeName, Score: score})
 			}
 
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedList, gotList) {
-				t.Errorf("expected:\n\t%+v,\ngot:\n\t%+v", test.expectedList, gotList)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedList, gotList); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected node score list (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}