diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index b47dc9da4f24..9aad4598eb5e 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -21,10 +21,17 @@ linters:
   # - structcheck
   # - varcheck
     - ineffassign
+    - logcheck
     - staticcheck
     - unused
 
 linters-settings: # please keep this alphabetized
+  custom:
+    logcheck:
+      # Installed there by hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh.
+      path: _output/local/bin/logcheck.so
+      description: structured logging checker
+      original-url: k8s.io/klog/hack/tools
   staticcheck:
     go: "1.17"
     checks: [
diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
index 7c115ee8cc8e..84802da767fa 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/configfile.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func LogOrWriteConfig(fileName string, cfg *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, c
 	}
 
 	if klogV.Enabled() {
-		klogV.Info("Using component config", "\n-------------------------Configuration File Contents Start Here---------------------- \n", buf.String(), "\n------------------------------------Configuration File Contents End Here---------------------------------\n")
+		klogV.InfoS("Using component config", "config", buf.String())
 	}
 
 	if len(fileName) > 0 {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/users/users_linux.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/users/users_linux.go
index 8b9310d9243c..63fc544c8bf9 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/users/users_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/users/users_linux.go
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ func addUsersAndGroupsImpl(pathLoginDef, pathUsers, pathGroups string) (*UsersAn
 	var loginDef string
 	f, close, err := openFileWithLock(pathLoginDef)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.V(1).Info("Could not open %q, using default system limits: %v", pathLoginDef, err)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Could not open %q, using default system limits: %v", pathLoginDef, err)
 	} else {
 		loginDef, err = readFile(f)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.V(1).Info("Could not read %q, using default system limits: %v", pathLoginDef, err)
+			klog.V(1).Infof("Could not read %q, using default system limits: %v", pathLoginDef, err)
 		}
 		close()
 	}
diff --git a/hack/.structured_logging b/hack/.structured_logging
deleted file mode 100644
index 044786157a85..000000000000
--- a/hack/.structured_logging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-cmd/kube-proxy/...
-cmd/kube-scheduler/app/config/...
-cmd/kube-scheduler/app/testing/...
-cmd/kubelet/...
-pkg/kubelet/...
-pkg/proxy/...
-pkg/scheduler/apis/...
-pkg/scheduler/framework/...
-pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/fake/...
-pkg/scheduler/internal/heap/...
-pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/...
-pkg/scheduler/metrics/...
-pkg/scheduler/profile/...
-pkg/scheduler/testing/...
-pkg/scheduler/util/...
diff --git a/hack/logcheck.conf b/hack/logcheck.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ced352246759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/logcheck.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# This file contains regular expressions that are matched against <pkg>/<file>,
+# for example k8s.io/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/config/config.go.
+#
+# By default, structured logging call parameters are checked, but usage of
+# those calls is not required. That is changed on a per-file basis.
+#
+# Remember to clean the golangci-lint cache when changing the configuration and
+# running the verify-golangci-lint.sh script multiple times, otherwise
+# golangci-lint will report stale results:
+#    _output/local/bin/golangci-lint cache clean
+
+# At this point we don't enforce the usage structured logging calls except in
+# those packages that were migrated. This disables the check for other files.
+-structured .*
+
+# Now enable it again for migrated packages.
+structured k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-proxy/.*
+structured k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-scheduler/.*
+structured k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubelet/.*
+structured k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/.*
+structured k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/.*
+structured k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/.*
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/verify.sh b/hack/make-rules/verify.sh
index d8c79fbf8f33..d3cec85c8c60 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/verify.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/verify.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ EXCLUDED_PATTERNS=(
   "verify-linkcheck.sh"          # runs in separate Jenkins job once per day due to high network usage
   "verify-*-dockerized.sh"       # Don't run any scripts that intended to be run dockerized
   "verify-govet-levee.sh"        # Do not run levee analysis by default while KEP-1933 implementation is in alpha.
-  "verify-structured-logging.sh"        # TODO(dims) Need to get this running with golang 1.18
   )
 
 # Exclude generated-files-remake in certain cases, if they're running in a separate job.
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index fef7ea199d47..8e60bc1ebc9e 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-flow-levee v0.1.5
 	gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.6.4
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.2
-	k8s.io/klog/hack/tools v0.0.0-20210917071902-331d2323a192
+	k8s.io/klog/hack/tools v0.0.0-20220321210246-c697110cd8ac
 	sigs.k8s.io/zeitgeist v0.2.0
 )
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 789b77e09f36..226fb5351254 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -1521,8 +1521,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.2 h1:MNh1AVMyVX23VUHE2O27jm6lNj3vjO5DexS4A1xvnzk=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.2/go.mod h1:lPVVZ2BS5TfnjLyizF7o7hv7j9/L+8cZY2hLyjP9cGY=
-k8s.io/klog/hack/tools v0.0.0-20210917071902-331d2323a192 h1:u27Xm1of9MTDM1CZW3hg0Vv04ohywEG152G8mpr9n8Y=
-k8s.io/klog/hack/tools v0.0.0-20210917071902-331d2323a192/go.mod h1:DXW3Mv8xqJvjXWiBSBHrK2O4mq5LMD0clqkv3b1g9HA=
+k8s.io/klog/hack/tools v0.0.0-20220321210246-c697110cd8ac h1:c2NQfDLtcwrPdD9pnUcRPlMJ719zgRzdlufHULIW7mU=
+k8s.io/klog/hack/tools v0.0.0-20220321210246-c697110cd8ac/go.mod h1:DXW3Mv8xqJvjXWiBSBHrK2O4mq5LMD0clqkv3b1g9HA=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.3.0 h1:kTojdZo9AcEYbQYhGuLf/zszYthRdhDNDUi2JKTxas4=
diff --git a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
index 19fc66d2603d..cfd0c1365fc1 100755
--- a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
@@ -36,14 +36,25 @@ PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
 export GO111MODULE=on
 
 # Install golangci-lint
-echo 'installing golangci-lint '
+echo "installing golangci-lint and logcheck plugin from hack/tools into ${GOBIN}"
 pushd "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/tools" >/dev/null
   go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint
+  go build -o "${GOBIN}/logcheck.so" -buildmode=plugin k8s.io/klog/hack/tools/logcheck/plugin
 popd >/dev/null
 
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 
-# The config is in ${KUBE_ROOT}/.golangci.yaml
+# The config is in ${KUBE_ROOT}/.golangci.yaml where it will be found
+# even when golangci-lint is invoked in a sub-directory.
+#
+# The logcheck plugin currently has to be configured via env variables
+# (https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/1512).
+#
+# Remember to clean the golangci-lint cache when changing
+# the configuration and running this script multiple times,
+# otherwise golangci-lint will report stale results:
+# _output/local/bin/golangci-lint cache clean
+export LOGCHECK_CONFIG="${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/logcheck.conf"
 echo 'running golangci-lint ' >&2
 res=0
 if [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; then
diff --git a/hack/verify-structured-logging.sh b/hack/verify-structured-logging.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index db05ce60e55c..000000000000
--- a/hack/verify-structured-logging.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This script is used to avoid regressions after a package is migrated
-# to structured logging. once a package is completely migrated add
-# it .structured_logging file to avoid any future regressions.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/util.sh"
-
-kube::golang::verify_go_version
-
-# Ensure that we find the binaries we build before anything else.
-export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}"
-PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
-
-# Install logcheck
-pushd "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/tools" >/dev/null
-  GO111MODULE=on go install k8s.io/klog/hack/tools/logcheck
-popd >/dev/null
-
-# We store packages that are migrated in .structured_logging
-migrated_packages_file="${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/.structured_logging"
-
-# Ensure that file is sorted.
-kube::util::check-file-in-alphabetical-order "${migrated_packages_file}"
-
-migrated_packages=()
-while IFS='' read -r line; do
-  migrated_packages+=("$KUBE_ROOT/$line")
-done < <(cat "${migrated_packages_file}")
-
-echo "Running structured logging static check on migrated packages"
-ret=0
-GOOS=linux    logcheck "${migrated_packages[@]}" || ret=$?
-GOOS=windows  logcheck "${migrated_packages[@]}" || ret=$?
-
-if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo "Structured logging static check passed on migrated packages :)"
-else
-  echo "Please fix above failures. You can locally test via:"
-  echo "hack/verify-structured-logging.sh"
-fi
-
-# Ignore migrated packages as they are already tested
-# Trim the trailing /... from given packages
-ignore_packages=$(grep -oE '^[a-zA-Z0-9/]+[^/\.]' < "${KUBE_ROOT}"/hack/.structured_logging)
-
-all_packages=()
-# shellcheck disable=SC2010
-for i in $(ls -d ./*/ | grep -v 'staging' | grep -v 'vendor' | grep -v 'hack')
-do
-     all_packages+=("$(go list ./"$i"/... 2> /dev/null | sed 's/k8s.io\/kubernetes\///g')")
-  all_packages+=(" ")
-done
-# We exclude vendor/ except vendor/k8s.io
-# This is because vendor/k8s.io is symlinked to staging
-# and needs to be checked
-all_packages+=("vendor/k8s.io")
-
-# Packages to test = all_packages - ignored_packages
-packages=()
-while IFS='' read -r line; do
-  if [ -z "$line" ]; then continue; fi
-  packages+=("$KUBE_ROOT/$line/...")
-done < <(echo "${all_packages[@]}" | tr " " "\n" | grep -v "$ignore_packages")
-
-echo -e "\nRunning structured logging static check on all other packages"
-GOOS=linux    logcheck -allow-unstructured "${packages[@]}" || ret=$?
-GOOS=windows  logcheck -allow-unstructured "${packages[@]}" || ret=$?
-
-if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo "Structured logging static check passed on all packages :)"
-else
-  echo "Please fix above failures. You can locally test via:"
-  echo "hack/verify-structured-logging.sh"
-fi
-
-exit $ret
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic.go b/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic.go
index c6d72a7576aa..ef1664da8b17 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic.go
@@ -406,6 +406,9 @@ func (g *GenericPLEG) updateCache(pod *kubecontainer.Pod, pid types.UID) error {
 	// all containers again.
 	status, err := g.runtime.GetPodStatus(pod.ID, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
 	if err != nil {
+		// nolint:logcheck // Not using the result of klog.V inside the
+		// if branch is okay, we just use it to determine whether the
+		// additional "podStatus" key and its value should be added.
 		if klog.V(6).Enabled() {
 			klog.ErrorS(err, "PLEG: Write status", "pod", klog.KRef(pod.Namespace, pod.Name), "podStatus", status)
 		} else {
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apps/deployment/storage/storage.go b/pkg/registry/apps/deployment/storage/storage.go
index d4ca64df882c..a31556239460 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apps/deployment/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apps/deployment/storage/storage.go
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ func (i *scaleUpdatedObjectInfo) UpdatedObject(ctx context.Context, oldObj runti
 		if _, ok := replicasPathInDeployment[requestGroupVersion.String()]; ok {
 			groupVersion = requestGroupVersion
 		} else {
-			klog.Fatal("Unrecognized group/version in request info %q", requestGroupVersion.String())
+			klog.Fatalf("Unrecognized group/version in request info %q", requestGroupVersion.String())
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apps/replicaset/storage/storage.go b/pkg/registry/apps/replicaset/storage/storage.go
index 514697a05c83..ed0e37026e39 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apps/replicaset/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apps/replicaset/storage/storage.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func (i *scaleUpdatedObjectInfo) UpdatedObject(ctx context.Context, oldObj runti
 		if _, ok := replicasPathInReplicaSet[requestGroupVersion.String()]; ok {
 			groupVersion = requestGroupVersion
 		} else {
-			klog.Fatal("Unrecognized group/version in request info %q", requestGroupVersion.String())
+			klog.Fatalf("Unrecognized group/version in request info %q", requestGroupVersion.String())
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apps/statefulset/storage/storage.go b/pkg/registry/apps/statefulset/storage/storage.go
index 9cf19c2cf78e..ac399ad61cf7 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apps/statefulset/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apps/statefulset/storage/storage.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (i *scaleUpdatedObjectInfo) UpdatedObject(ctx context.Context, oldObj runti
 		if _, ok := replicasPathInStatefulSet[requestGroupVersion.String()]; ok {
 			groupVersion = requestGroupVersion
 		} else {
-			klog.Fatal("Unrecognized group/version in request info %q", requestGroupVersion.String())
+			klog.Fatalf("Unrecognized group/version in request info %q", requestGroupVersion.String())
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/replicationcontroller/storage/storage.go b/pkg/registry/core/replicationcontroller/storage/storage.go
index 12a9f85bddf5..1325e7199509 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/replicationcontroller/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/replicationcontroller/storage/storage.go
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func (i *scaleUpdatedObjectInfo) UpdatedObject(ctx context.Context, oldObj runti
 		if _, ok := replicasPathInReplicationController[requestGroupVersion.String()]; ok {
 			groupVersion = requestGroupVersion
 		} else {
-			klog.Fatal("Unrecognized group/version in request info %q", requestGroupVersion.String())
+			klog.Fatalf("Unrecognized group/version in request info %q", requestGroupVersion.String())
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/debugger/dumper.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/debugger/dumper.go
index 0d808c595e6b..b2424b67888c 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/debugger/dumper.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache/debugger/dumper.go
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ func (d *CacheDumper) DumpAll() {
 // dumpNodes writes NodeInfo to the scheduler logs.
 func (d *CacheDumper) dumpNodes() {
 	dump := d.cache.Dump()
-	klog.InfoS("Dump of cached NodeInfo")
+	nodeInfos := make([]string, 0, len(dump.Nodes))
 	for name, nodeInfo := range dump.Nodes {
-		klog.Info(d.printNodeInfo(name, nodeInfo))
+		nodeInfos = append(nodeInfos, d.printNodeInfo(name, nodeInfo))
 	}
+	// Extra blank line added between node entries for readability.
+	klog.InfoS("Dump of cached NodeInfo", "nodes", strings.Join(nodeInfos, "\n\n"))
 }
 
 // dumpSchedulingQueue writes pods in the scheduling queue to the scheduler logs.
@@ -57,13 +59,13 @@ func (d *CacheDumper) dumpSchedulingQueue() {
 	for _, p := range pendingPods {
 		podData.WriteString(printPod(p))
 	}
-	klog.Infof("Dump of scheduling queue:\n%s", podData.String())
+	klog.InfoS("Dump of scheduling queue", "pods", podData.String())
 }
 
 // printNodeInfo writes parts of NodeInfo to a string.
 func (d *CacheDumper) printNodeInfo(name string, n *framework.NodeInfo) string {
 	var nodeData strings.Builder
-	nodeData.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\nNode name: %s\nDeleted: %t\nRequested Resources: %+v\nAllocatable Resources:%+v\nScheduled Pods(number: %v):\n",
+	nodeData.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Node name: %s\nDeleted: %t\nRequested Resources: %+v\nAllocatable Resources:%+v\nScheduled Pods(number: %v):\n",
 		name, n.Node() == nil, n.Requested, n.Allocatable, len(n.Pods)))
 	// Dumping Pod Info
 	for _, p := range n.Pods {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/iscsi/iscsi_util.go b/pkg/volume/iscsi/iscsi_util.go
index 25a7b30bfe0d..e2f62f72061e 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/iscsi/iscsi_util.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/iscsi/iscsi_util.go
@@ -971,10 +971,10 @@ func ignoreExitCodes(err error, ignoredExitCodes ...int) error {
 func execWithLog(b iscsiDiskMounter, cmd string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	out, err := b.exec.Command(cmd, args...).CombinedOutput()
-	if klog.V(5).Enabled() {
+	if klogV := klog.V(5); klogV.Enabled() {
 		d := time.Since(start)
-		klog.V(5).Infof("Executed %s %v in %v, err: %v", cmd, args, d, err)
-		klog.V(5).Infof("Output: %s", string(out))
+		klogV.Infof("Executed %s %v in %v, err: %v", cmd, args, d, err)
+		klogV.Infof("Output: %s", string(out))
 	}
 	return string(out), err
 }
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/rbac.go b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/rbac.go
index 4f25d1372630..d5087309f57e 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/rbac.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/rbac.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (r *RBACAuthorizer) Authorize(ctx context.Context, requestAttributes author
 
 	// Build a detailed log of the denial.
 	// Make the whole block conditional so we don't do a lot of string-building we won't use.
-	if klog.V(5).Enabled() {
+	if klogV := klog.V(5); klogV.Enabled() {
 		var operation string
 		if requestAttributes.IsResourceRequest() {
 			b := &bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (r *RBACAuthorizer) Authorize(ctx context.Context, requestAttributes author
 			scope = "cluster-wide"
 		}
 
-		klog.Infof("RBAC: no rules authorize user %q with groups %q to %s %s", requestAttributes.GetUser().GetName(), requestAttributes.GetUser().GetGroups(), operation, scope)
+		klogV.Infof("RBAC: no rules authorize user %q with groups %q to %s %s", requestAttributes.GetUser().GetName(), requestAttributes.GetUser().GetGroups(), operation, scope)
 	}
 
 	reason := ""
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go
index 0e1d62f1b218..60ad5a9b6a92 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ func StorageWithCacher() generic.StorageDecorator {
 		if err != nil {
 			return s, d, err
 		}
-		if klog.V(5).Enabled() {
-			klog.V(5).InfoS("Storage caching is enabled", objectTypeToArgs(newFunc())...)
+		if klogV := klog.V(5); klogV.Enabled() {
+			//nolint:logcheck // It complains about the key/value pairs because it cannot check them.
+			klogV.InfoS("Storage caching is enabled", objectTypeToArgs(newFunc())...)
 		}
 
 		cacherConfig := cacherstorage.Config{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/priority-and-fairness.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/priority-and-fairness.go
index 5111edf04eef..e38b5d2e6f0d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/priority-and-fairness.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/priority-and-fairness.go
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ func WithPriorityAndFairness(
 			workEstimate := workEstimator(r, classification.FlowSchemaName, classification.PriorityLevelName)
 
 			fcmetrics.ObserveWorkEstimatedSeats(classification.PriorityLevelName, classification.FlowSchemaName, workEstimate.MaxSeats())
+			// nolint:logcheck // Not using the result of klog.V
+			// inside the if branch is okay, we just use it to
+			// determine whether the additional information should
+			// be added.
 			if klog.V(4).Enabled() {
 				httplog.AddKeyValue(ctx, "apf_iseats", workEstimate.InitialSeats)
 				httplog.AddKeyValue(ctx, "apf_fseats", workEstimate.FinalSeats)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/logger.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/logger.go
index 651b51800568..773d12f6f156 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/logger.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/logger.go
@@ -32,19 +32,19 @@ type klogWrapper struct{}
 const klogWrapperDepth = 4
 
 func (klogWrapper) Info(args ...interface{}) {
-	if klog.V(5).Enabled() {
-		klog.V(5).InfoSDepth(klogWrapperDepth, fmt.Sprint(args...))
+	if klogV := klog.V(5); klogV.Enabled() {
+		klogV.InfoSDepth(klogWrapperDepth, fmt.Sprint(args...))
 	}
 }
 
 func (klogWrapper) Infoln(args ...interface{}) {
-	if klog.V(5).Enabled() {
-		klog.V(5).InfoSDepth(klogWrapperDepth, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
+	if klogV := klog.V(5); klogV.Enabled() {
+		klogV.InfoSDepth(klogWrapperDepth, fmt.Sprintln(args...))
 	}
 }
 
 func (klogWrapper) Infof(format string, args ...interface{}) {
-	if klog.V(5).Enabled() {
+	if klogV := klog.V(5); klogV.Enabled() {
 		klog.V(5).InfoSDepth(klogWrapperDepth, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/apf_controller.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/apf_controller.go
index 8ea4000eebc2..fee3a80503a9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/apf_controller.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/apf_controller.go
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ func (cfgCtlr *configController) digestConfigObjects(newPLs []*flowcontrol.Prior
 
 		// if we are going to issue an update, be sure we track every name we update so we know if we update it too often.
 		currResult.updatedItems.Insert(fsu.flowSchema.Name)
-		if klog.V(4).Enabled() {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("%s writing Condition %s to FlowSchema %s, which had ResourceVersion=%s, because its previous value was %s, diff: %s",
+		if klogV := klog.V(4); klogV.Enabled() {
+			klogV.Infof("%s writing Condition %s to FlowSchema %s, which had ResourceVersion=%s, because its previous value was %s, diff: %s",
 				cfgCtlr.name, fsu.condition, fsu.flowSchema.Name, fsu.flowSchema.ResourceVersion, fcfmt.Fmt(fsu.oldValue), cmp.Diff(fsu.oldValue, fsu.condition))
 		}
 		fsIfc := cfgCtlr.flowcontrolClient.FlowSchemas()
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/fairqueuing/queueset/queueset.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/fairqueuing/queueset/queueset.go
index 03e98d2a8a92..d3864d44bb33 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/fairqueuing/queueset/queueset.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/fairqueuing/queueset/queueset.go
@@ -573,9 +573,9 @@ func (qs *queueSet) shuffleShardLocked(hashValue uint64, descr1, descr2 interfac
 			bestQueueIdx = queueIdx
 		}
 	}
-	if klog.V(6).Enabled() {
+	if klogV := klog.V(6); klogV.Enabled() {
 		chosenQueue := qs.queues[bestQueueIdx]
-		klog.V(6).Infof("QS(%s) at t=%s R=%v: For request %#+v %#+v chose queue %d, with sum: %#v & %d seats in use & nextDispatchR=%v", qs.qCfg.Name, qs.clock.Now().Format(nsTimeFmt), qs.currentR, descr1, descr2, bestQueueIdx, chosenQueue.requests.QueueSum(), chosenQueue.seatsInUse, chosenQueue.nextDispatchR)
+		klogV.Infof("QS(%s) at t=%s R=%v: For request %#+v %#+v chose queue %d, with sum: %#v & %d seats in use & nextDispatchR=%v", qs.qCfg.Name, qs.clock.Now().Format(nsTimeFmt), qs.currentR, descr1, descr2, bestQueueIdx, chosenQueue.requests.QueueSum(), chosenQueue.seatsInUse, chosenQueue.nextDispatchR)
 	}
 	return bestQueueIdx
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
index 86f51229e12e..ef943530118f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
@@ -1051,13 +1051,13 @@ func truncateBody(body string) string {
 // allocating a new string for the body output unless necessary. Uses a simple heuristic to determine
 // whether the body is printable.
 func glogBody(prefix string, body []byte) {
-	if klog.V(8).Enabled() {
+	if klogV := klog.V(8); klogV.Enabled() {
 		if bytes.IndexFunc(body, func(r rune) bool {
 			return r < 0x0a
 		}) != -1 {
-			klog.Infof("%s:\n%s", prefix, truncateBody(hex.Dump(body)))
+			klogV.Infof("%s:\n%s", prefix, truncateBody(hex.Dump(body)))
 		} else {
-			klog.Infof("%s: %s", prefix, truncateBody(string(body)))
+			klogV.Infof("%s: %s", prefix, truncateBody(string(body)))
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/json_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/json_test.go
index a360d10c9347..1801bf9d8750 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/json_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/json_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func TestZapLoggerInfo(t *testing.T) {
 		var buffer bytes.Buffer
 		writer := zapcore.AddSync(&buffer)
 		sampleInfoLogger, _ := NewJSONLogger(writer, nil, nil)
+		// nolint:logcheck // The linter cannot and doesn't need to check the key/value pairs.
 		sampleInfoLogger.Info(data.msg, data.keysValues...)
 		logStr := buffer.String()
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
index ac55cf80a2a1..bbd66b750bd2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ func DefaultBehaviorOnFatal() {
 // klog.Fatal is invoked for extended information. This is intended for maintainer
 // debugging and out of a reasonable range for users.
 func fatal(msg string, code int) {
+	// nolint:logcheck // Not using the result of klog.V(99) inside the if
+	// branch is okay, we just use it to determine how to terminate.
 	if klog.V(99).Enabled() {
 		klog.FatalDepth(2, msg)
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
index 3fca2d76397a..b16e5888c4be 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-cloud-provider/pkg/cloud/meta"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	compute "google.golang.org/api/compute/v1"
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	cloudprovider "k8s.io/cloud-provider"
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ func (g *Cloud) ensureInternalLoadBalancer(clusterName, clusterID string, svc *v
 		// Delete existing forwarding rule before making changes to the backend service. For example - changing protocol
 		// of backend service without first deleting forwarding rule will throw an error since the linked forwarding
 		// rule would show the old protocol.
-		if klog.V(2).Enabled() {
+		if klogV := klog.V(2); klogV.Enabled() {
 			frDiff := cmp.Diff(existingFwdRule, newFwdRule)
-			klog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancer(%v): forwarding rule changed - Existing - %+v\n, New - %+v\n, Diff(-existing, +new) - %s\n. Deleting existing forwarding rule.", loadBalancerName, existingFwdRule, newFwdRule, frDiff)
+			klogV.Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancer(%v): forwarding rule changed - Existing - %+v\n, New - %+v\n, Diff(-existing, +new) - %s\n. Deleting existing forwarding rule.", loadBalancerName, existingFwdRule, newFwdRule, frDiff)
 		}
 		if err = ignoreNotFound(g.DeleteRegionForwardingRule(loadBalancerName, g.region)); err != nil {
 			return nil, err