diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/BUILD b/pkg/scheduler/BUILD
index 49d1785867d..af02bae9fb2 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/BUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api/v1/pod:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/apis/core/validation:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/apis/config:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
index 7181e67ee3c..720882e5d37 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/validation"
 	schedulerapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/core"
@@ -332,7 +333,8 @@ func (sched *Scheduler) recordSchedulingFailure(prof *profile.Profile, podInfo *
 	}
 
 	pod := podInfo.Pod
-	prof.Recorder.Eventf(pod, nil, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedScheduling", "Scheduling", err.Error())
+	msg := truncateMessage(err.Error())
+	prof.Recorder.Eventf(pod, nil, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedScheduling", "Scheduling", msg)
 	if err := updatePod(sched.client, pod, &v1.PodCondition{
 		Type:    v1.PodScheduled,
 		Status:  v1.ConditionFalse,
@@ -343,6 +345,16 @@ func (sched *Scheduler) recordSchedulingFailure(prof *profile.Profile, podInfo *
 	}
 }
 
+// truncateMessage truncates a message if it hits the NoteLengthLimit.
+func truncateMessage(message string) string {
+	max := validation.NoteLengthLimit
+	if len(message) <= max {
+		return message
+	}
+	suffix := " ..."
+	return message[:max-len(suffix)] + suffix
+}
+
 func updatePod(client clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, condition *v1.PodCondition, nominatedNode string) error {
 	klog.V(3).Infof("Updating pod condition for %s/%s to (%s==%s, Reason=%s)", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, condition.Type, condition.Status, condition.Reason)
 	podCopy := pod.DeepCopy()