diff --git a/klog.go b/klog.go
index e850db6b0..e042e2bc6 100644
--- a/klog.go
+++ b/klog.go
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ func (l *loggingT) errorS(err error, loggr logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, depth
 		loggr.Error(err, msg, keysAndValues...)
 		return
 	}
-	l.printS(err, depth+1, msg, keysAndValues...)
+	l.printS(err, errorLog, depth+1, msg, keysAndValues...)
 }
 
 // if loggr is specified, will call loggr.Info, otherwise output with logging module.
@@ -792,12 +792,12 @@ func (l *loggingT) infoS(loggr logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, depth int, msg str
 		loggr.Info(msg, keysAndValues...)
 		return
 	}
-	l.printS(nil, depth+1, msg, keysAndValues...)
+	l.printS(nil, infoLog, depth+1, msg, keysAndValues...)
 }
 
 // printS is called from infoS and errorS if loggr is not specified.
-// if err arguments is specified, will output to errorLog severity
-func (l *loggingT) printS(err error, depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
+// set log severity by s
+func (l *loggingT) printS(err error, s severity, depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	b := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%q", msg))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -805,12 +805,6 @@ func (l *loggingT) printS(err error, depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...int
 		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("err=%q", err.Error()))
 	}
 	kvListFormat(b, keysAndValues...)
-	var s severity
-	if err == nil {
-		s = infoLog
-	} else {
-		s = errorLog
-	}
 	l.printDepth(s, logging.logr, nil, depth+1, b)
 }
 
diff --git a/klog_test.go b/klog_test.go
index ecdc19a39..ba4349b1c 100644
--- a/klog_test.go
+++ b/klog_test.go
@@ -952,17 +952,31 @@ func TestErrorS(t *testing.T) {
 		myErrorS,
 	}
 	for _, f := range functions {
-		logging.file[errorLog] = &flushBuffer{}
-		f(fmt.Errorf("update status failed"), "Failed to update pod status", "pod", "kubedns")
-		var line int
-		format := "E0102 15:04:05.067890    1234 klog_test.go:%d] \"Failed to update pod status\" err=\"update status failed\" pod=\"kubedns\"\n"
-		n, err := fmt.Sscanf(contents(errorLog), format, &line)
-		if n != 1 || err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("log format error: %d elements, error %s:\n%s", n, err, contents(errorLog))
+		var errorList = []struct {
+			err    error
+			format string
+		}{
+			{
+				err:    fmt.Errorf("update status failed"),
+				format: "E0102 15:04:05.067890    1234 klog_test.go:%d] \"Failed to update pod status\" err=\"update status failed\" pod=\"kubedns\"\n",
+			},
+			{
+				err:    nil,
+				format: "E0102 15:04:05.067890    1234 klog_test.go:%d] \"Failed to update pod status\" pod=\"kubedns\"\n",
+			},
 		}
-		want := fmt.Sprintf(format, line)
-		if contents(errorLog) != want {
-			t.Errorf("ErrorS has wrong format: \n got:\t%s\nwant:\t%s", contents(errorLog), want)
+		for _, e := range errorList {
+			logging.file[errorLog] = &flushBuffer{}
+			f(e.err, "Failed to update pod status", "pod", "kubedns")
+			var line int
+			n, err := fmt.Sscanf(contents(errorLog), e.format, &line)
+			if n != 1 || err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("log format error: %d elements, error %s:\n%s", n, err, contents(errorLog))
+			}
+			want := fmt.Sprintf(e.format, line)
+			if contents(errorLog) != want {
+				t.Errorf("ErrorS has wrong format: \n got:\t%s\nwant:\t%s", contents(errorLog), want)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }