diff --git a/pkg/capacityscheduling/capacity_scheduling.go b/pkg/capacityscheduling/capacity_scheduling.go
index c4e47beca..8c2c6ea26 100644
--- a/pkg/capacityscheduling/capacity_scheduling.go
+++ b/pkg/capacityscheduling/capacity_scheduling.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (c *CapacityScheduling) Name() string {
 }
 
 // New initializes a new plugin and returns it.
-func New(_ context.Context, obj runtime.Object, handle framework.Handle) (framework.Plugin, error) {
+func New(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object, handle framework.Handle) (framework.Plugin, error) {
 	c := &CapacityScheduling{
 		fh:                handle,
 		elasticQuotaInfos: NewElasticQuotaInfos(),
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ func New(_ context.Context, obj runtime.Object, handle framework.Handle) (framew
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	// TODO: pass in context.
-	elasticQuotaInformer, err := dynamicCache.GetInformer(context.Background(), &v1alpha1.ElasticQuota{})
+
+	elasticQuotaInformer, err := dynamicCache.GetInformer(ctx, &v1alpha1.ElasticQuota{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/noderesourcetopology/cache/overreserve.go b/pkg/noderesourcetopology/cache/overreserve.go
index 37283fda0..7346a3128 100644
--- a/pkg/noderesourcetopology/cache/overreserve.go
+++ b/pkg/noderesourcetopology/cache/overreserve.go
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ type OverReserve struct {
 	isPodRelevant          podprovider.PodFilterFunc
 }
 
-func NewOverReserve(lh logr.Logger, cfg *apiconfig.NodeResourceTopologyCache, client ctrlclient.Client, podLister podlisterv1.PodLister, isPodRelevant podprovider.PodFilterFunc) (*OverReserve, error) {
+func NewOverReserve(ctx context.Context, lh logr.Logger, cfg *apiconfig.NodeResourceTopologyCache, client ctrlclient.Client,
+	podLister podlisterv1.PodLister, isPodRelevant podprovider.PodFilterFunc) (*OverReserve, error) {
 	if client == nil || podLister == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("received nil references")
 	}
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func NewOverReserve(lh logr.Logger, cfg *apiconfig.NodeResourceTopologyCache, cl
 
 	nrtObjs := &topologyv1alpha2.NodeResourceTopologyList{}
 	// TODO: we should pass-in a context in the future
-	if err := client.List(context.Background(), nrtObjs); err != nil {
+	if err := client.List(ctx, nrtObjs); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/noderesourcetopology/cache/overreserve_test.go b/pkg/noderesourcetopology/cache/overreserve_test.go
index 55ffa2348..af4faadbe 100644
--- a/pkg/noderesourcetopology/cache/overreserve_test.go
+++ b/pkg/noderesourcetopology/cache/overreserve_test.go
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ func TestInitEmptyLister(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	fakePodLister := &fakePodLister{}
-
-	_, err = NewOverReserve(klog.Background(), nil, nil, fakePodLister, podprovider.IsPodRelevantAlways)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	_, err = NewOverReserve(ctx, klog.Background(), nil, nil, fakePodLister, podprovider.IsPodRelevantAlways)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("accepted nil lister")
 	}
 
-	_, err = NewOverReserve(klog.Background(), nil, fakeClient, nil, podprovider.IsPodRelevantAlways)
+	_, err = NewOverReserve(ctx, klog.Background(), nil, fakeClient, nil, podprovider.IsPodRelevantAlways)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("accepted nil indexer")
 	}
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func TestOverreserveGetCachedNRTCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	checkGetCachedNRTCopy(
 		t,
 		func(client ctrlclient.Client, podLister podlisterv1.PodLister) (Interface, error) {
-			return NewOverReserve(klog.Background(), nil, client, podLister, podprovider.IsPodRelevantAlways)
+			return NewOverReserve(context.Background(), klog.Background(), nil, client, podLister, podprovider.IsPodRelevantAlways)
 		},
 		testCases...,
 	)
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ func TestNodeWithForeignPods(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func mustOverReserve(t *testing.T, client ctrlclient.Client, podLister podlisterv1.PodLister) *OverReserve {
-	obj, err := NewOverReserve(klog.Background(), nil, client, podLister, podprovider.IsPodRelevantAlways)
+	obj, err := NewOverReserve(context.Background(), klog.Background(), nil, client, podLister, podprovider.IsPodRelevantAlways)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating cache: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/noderesourcetopology/plugin.go b/pkg/noderesourcetopology/plugin.go
index 7ad6619d0..1f311c6f6 100644
--- a/pkg/noderesourcetopology/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/noderesourcetopology/plugin.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (tm *TopologyMatch) Name() string {
 }
 
 // New initializes a new plugin and returns it.
-func New(_ context.Context, args runtime.Object, handle framework.Handle) (framework.Plugin, error) {
+func New(ctx context.Context, args runtime.Object, handle framework.Handle) (framework.Plugin, error) {
 	// we do this later to make sure klog is initialized. We don't need this anyway before this point
 	lh := klog.Background()
 	logging.SetLogger(lh)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func New(_ context.Context, args runtime.Object, handle framework.Handle) (frame
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	nrtCache, err := initNodeTopologyInformer(lh, tcfg, handle)
+	nrtCache, err := initNodeTopologyInformer(ctx, lh, tcfg, handle)
 	if err != nil {
 		lh.Error(err, "cannot create clientset for NodeTopologyResource", "kubeConfig", handle.KubeConfig())
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/noderesourcetopology/pluginhelpers.go b/pkg/noderesourcetopology/pluginhelpers.go
index 54b95e390..78c8bbad4 100644
--- a/pkg/noderesourcetopology/pluginhelpers.go
+++ b/pkg/noderesourcetopology/pluginhelpers.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package noderesourcetopology
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"time"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ const (
 	maxNUMAId = 64
 )
 
-func initNodeTopologyInformer(lh logr.Logger, tcfg *apiconfig.NodeResourceTopologyMatchArgs, handle framework.Handle) (nrtcache.Interface, error) {
+func initNodeTopologyInformer(ctx context.Context, lh logr.Logger,
+	tcfg *apiconfig.NodeResourceTopologyMatchArgs, handle framework.Handle) (nrtcache.Interface, error) {
 	client, err := ctrlclient.New(handle.KubeConfig(), ctrlclient.Options{Scheme: scheme})
 	if err != nil {
 		lh.Error(err, "cannot create client for NodeTopologyResource", "kubeConfig", handle.KubeConfig())
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ func initNodeTopologyInformer(lh logr.Logger, tcfg *apiconfig.NodeResourceTopolo
 
 	podSharedInformer, podLister, isPodRelevant := podprovider.NewFromHandle(lh, handle, tcfg.Cache)
 
-	nrtCache, err := nrtcache.NewOverReserve(lh.WithName("nrtcache"), tcfg.Cache, client, podLister, isPodRelevant)
+	nrtCache, err := nrtcache.NewOverReserve(ctx, lh.WithName("nrtcache"), tcfg.Cache, client, podLister, isPodRelevant)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sysched/sysched.go b/pkg/sysched/sysched.go
index 4823cdc5a..3c8289cc1 100644
--- a/pkg/sysched/sysched.go
+++ b/pkg/sysched/sysched.go
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ func (sc *SySched) calcScore(syscalls sets.Set[string]) int {
 // Score invoked at the score extension point.
 func (sc *SySched) Score(ctx context.Context, cs *framework.CycleState, pod *v1.Pod, nodeName string) (int64, *framework.Status) {
 	// Read directly from API server because cached state in SnapSharedLister not always up-to-date
-	// especially during intial scheduler start.
-	node, err := sc.handle.ClientSet().CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.TODO(), nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	// especially during initial scheduler start.
+	node, err := sc.handle.ClientSet().CoreV1().Nodes().Get(ctx, nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, nil
 	}