diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
index d234c833c..131ed602c 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
@@ -83,25 +83,26 @@ func (pe *PodEvictor) TotalEvicted() int {
 // EvictPod returns non-nil error only when evicting a pod on a node is not
 // possible (due to maxPodsToEvict constraint). Success is true when the pod
 // is evicted on the server side.
-func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node) (success bool, err error) {
+func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node) (bool, error) {
 	if pe.maxPodsToEvict > 0 && pe.nodepodCount[node]+1 > pe.maxPodsToEvict {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("Maximum number %v of evicted pods per %q node reached", pe.maxPodsToEvict, node.Name)
 	}
 
-	success, err = EvictPod(ctx, pe.client, pod, pe.policyGroupVersion, pe.dryRun)
-	if success {
-		pe.nodepodCount[node]++
-		klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod: %#v in namespace %#v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
-		return success, nil
+	err := evictPod(ctx, pe.client, pod, pe.policyGroupVersion, pe.dryRun)
+	if err != nil {
+		// err is used only for logging purposes
+		klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: %#v in namespace %#v (%#v)", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, err)
+		return false, nil
 	}
-	// err is used only for logging purposes
-	klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: %#v in namespace %#v (%#v)", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, err)
-	return false, nil
+
+	pe.nodepodCount[node]++
+	klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod: %#v in namespace %#v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
+	return true, nil
 }
 
-func EvictPod(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, policyGroupVersion string, dryRun bool) (bool, error) {
+func evictPod(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, policyGroupVersion string, dryRun bool) error {
 	if dryRun {
-		return true, nil
+		return nil
 	}
 	deleteOptions := &metav1.DeleteOptions{}
 	// GracePeriodSeconds ?
@@ -124,13 +125,13 @@ func EvictPod(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, poli
 		eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&clientcorev1.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events(pod.Namespace)})
 		r := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "sigs.k8s.io.descheduler"})
 		r.Event(pod, v1.EventTypeNormal, "Descheduled", "pod evicted by sigs.k8s.io/descheduler")
-		return true, nil
+		return nil
 	}
 	if apierrors.IsTooManyRequests(err) {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("error when evicting pod (ignoring) %q: %v", pod.Name, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error when evicting pod (ignoring) %q: %v", pod.Name, err)
 	}
 	if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("pod not found when evicting %q: %v", pod.Name, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("pod not found when evicting %q: %v", pod.Name, err)
 	}
-	return false, err
+	return err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go
index a1e87f8fe..0d6bf1bb8 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
@@ -36,21 +36,21 @@ func TestEvictPod(t *testing.T) {
 		node        *v1.Node
 		pod         *v1.Pod
 		pods        []v1.Pod
-		want        bool
+		want        error
 	}{
 		{
 			description: "test pod eviction - pod present",
 			node:        node1,
 			pod:         pod1,
 			pods:        []v1.Pod{*pod1},
-			want:        true,
+			want:        nil,
 		},
 		{
 			description: "test pod eviction - pod absent",
 			node:        node1,
 			pod:         pod1,
 			pods:        []v1.Pod{*test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, "node1", nil), *test.BuildTestPod("p3", 450, 0, "node1", nil)},
-			want:        true,
+			want:        nil,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestEvictPod(t *testing.T) {
 		fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
 			return true, &v1.PodList{Items: test.pods}, nil
 		})
-		got, _ := EvictPod(ctx, fakeClient, test.pod, "v1", false)
+		got := evictPod(ctx, fakeClient, test.pod, "v1", false)
 		if got != test.want {
 			t.Errorf("Test error for Desc: %s. Expected %v pod eviction to be %v, got %v", test.description, test.pod.Name, test.want, got)
 		}