diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/gpu_util.go b/test/e2e/framework/gpu_util.go
index 54aa0c50d7f..abf2ed18da3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/gpu_util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/gpu_util.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 
-	"fmt"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -68,16 +68,19 @@ func NVIDIADevicePlugin(ns string) *v1.Pod {
 	return p
 }
 
-func GetGPUDevicePluginImage() (string, error) {
+func GetGPUDevicePluginImage() string {
 	ds, err := DsFromManifest(GPUDevicePluginDSYAML)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to parse the device plugin image: %v", err)
+		return ""
 	}
 	if ds == nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("empty DaemonSet from DSYAML")
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to parse the device plugin image: the extracted DaemonSet is nil")
+		return ""
 	}
 	if len(ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers) < 1 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("no container specified in the DSYAML")
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to parse the device plugin image: cannot extract the container from YAML")
+		return ""
 	}
-	return ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image, nil
+	return ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/image_list.go b/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
index 2143af779a7..b857700c14c 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
@@ -52,18 +52,12 @@ var NodeImageWhiteList = sets.NewString(
 	imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.Netexec),
 	imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.Nonewprivs),
 	imageutils.GetPauseImageNameForHostArch(),
+	framework.GetGPUDevicePluginImage(),
 )
 
 func init() {
 	// Union NodeImageWhiteList and CommonImageWhiteList into the framework image white list.
 	framework.ImageWhiteList = NodeImageWhiteList.Union(commontest.CommonImageWhiteList)
-
-	// parse the device plugin image from url
-	if image, err := framework.GetGPUDevicePluginImage(); err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Failed to parse the device plugin image: %v", err)
-	} else {
-		framework.ImageWhiteList.Insert(image)
-	}
 }
 
 // puller represents a generic image puller