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/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/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