diff --git a/pkg/app/server.go b/pkg/app/server.go
index 8dbcf1d409..98bb11df01 100644
--- a/pkg/app/server.go
+++ b/pkg/app/server.go
@@ -224,7 +224,13 @@ func RunKubeStateMetrics(ctx context.Context, opts *options.Options) error {
 
 	namespaces := opts.Namespaces.GetNamespaces()
 	nsFieldSelector := namespaces.GetExcludeNSFieldSelector(opts.NamespacesDenylist)
-	nodeFieldSelector := opts.Node.GetNodeFieldSelector(opts.TrackUnscheduledPods)
+	var nodeFieldSelector string
+	if opts.TrackUnscheduledPods {
+		nodeFieldSelector = "spec.nodeName="
+		klog.InfoS("Using spec.nodeName= to select unscheduable pods without node")
+	} else {
+		nodeFieldSelector = opts.Node.GetNodeFieldSelector()
+	}
 	merged, err := storeBuilder.MergeFieldSelectors([]string{nsFieldSelector, nodeFieldSelector})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/options/options.go b/pkg/options/options.go
index 3e1b67f9cc..d10a12cce2 100644
--- a/pkg/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/options/options.go
@@ -60,19 +60,19 @@ type Options struct {
 	NamespacesDenylist       NamespaceList   `yaml:"namespaces_denylist"`
 	Node                     NodeType        `yaml:"node"`
 	TrackUnscheduledPods     bool            `yaml:"track_unscheduled_pods"`
-	Pod                           string          `yaml:"pod"`
-	Port                          int             `yaml:"port"`
-	Resources                     ResourceSet     `yaml:"resources"`
-	Shard                         int32           `yaml:"shard"`
-	TLSConfig                     string          `yaml:"tls_config"`
-	TelemetryHost                 string          `yaml:"telemetry_host"`
-	TelemetryPort                 int             `yaml:"telemetry_port"`
-	TotalShards                   int             `yaml:"total_shards"`
-	UseAPIServerCache             bool            `yaml:"use_api_server_cache"`
-	ServerReadTimeout             time.Duration   `yaml:"server_read_timeout"`
-	ServerWriteTimeout            time.Duration   `yaml:"server_write_timeout"`
-	ServerIdleTimeout             time.Duration   `yaml:"server_idle_timeout"`
-	ServerReadHeaderTimeout       time.Duration   `yaml:"server_read_header_timeout"`
+	Pod                      string          `yaml:"pod"`
+	Port                     int             `yaml:"port"`
+	Resources                ResourceSet     `yaml:"resources"`
+	Shard                    int32           `yaml:"shard"`
+	TLSConfig                string          `yaml:"tls_config"`
+	TelemetryHost            string          `yaml:"telemetry_host"`
+	TelemetryPort            int             `yaml:"telemetry_port"`
+	TotalShards              int             `yaml:"total_shards"`
+	UseAPIServerCache        bool            `yaml:"use_api_server_cache"`
+	ServerReadTimeout        time.Duration   `yaml:"server_read_timeout"`
+	ServerWriteTimeout       time.Duration   `yaml:"server_write_timeout"`
+	ServerIdleTimeout        time.Duration   `yaml:"server_idle_timeout"`
+	ServerReadHeaderTimeout  time.Duration   `yaml:"server_read_header_timeout"`
 
 	Config string
 
diff --git a/pkg/options/types.go b/pkg/options/types.go
index d1173e2eea..93f8a7f505 100644
--- a/pkg/options/types.go
+++ b/pkg/options/types.go
@@ -107,15 +107,19 @@ func (r *ResourceSet) Type() string {
 // NodeType represents a nodeName to query from.
 type NodeType string
 
+// Set sets the node name to NodeType.
+func (n *NodeType) Set(value string) error {
+	*n = NodeType(value)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// String gets node name.
+func (n NodeType) String() string {
+	return string(n)
+}
+
 // GetNodeFieldSelector returns a nodename field selector.
-func (n *NodeType) GetNodeFieldSelector(fetchUnscheduledPods bool) string {
-	if fetchUnscheduledPods {
-		if string(*n) != "" {
-			klog.Warningf("spec.nodeName=%s will not be used, because --track-unscheduled-pods is set", string(*n))
-		}
-		klog.InfoS("Using spec.nodeName= to select unscheduable pods without node")
-		return "spec.nodeName="
-	}
+func (n *NodeType) GetNodeFieldSelector() string {
 	if string(*n) != "" {
 		return fields.OneTermEqualSelector("spec.nodeName", string(*n)).String()
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/options/types_test.go b/pkg/options/types_test.go
index 44fb26ec7c..a1b43a2c0b 100644
--- a/pkg/options/types_test.go
+++ b/pkg/options/types_test.go
@@ -175,30 +175,7 @@ func TestNodeFieldSelector(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		node := test.Node
-		actual := node.GetNodeFieldSelector(false)
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, test.Wanted) {
-			t.Errorf("Test error for Desc: %s. Want: %+v. Got: %+v.", test.Desc, test.Wanted, actual)
-		}
-	}
-	tests1 := []struct {
-		Desc   string
-		Node   NodeType
-		Wanted string
-	}{
-		{
-			Desc:   "empty node name",
-			Node:   "",
-			Wanted: "spec.nodeName=",
-		},
-		{
-			Desc:   "have node name when --track-unscheduled-pods is set",
-			Node:   "",
-			Wanted: "spec.nodeName=",
-		},
-	}
-	for _, test := range tests1 {
-		node := test.Node
-		actual := node.GetNodeFieldSelector(true)
+		actual := node.GetNodeFieldSelector()
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, test.Wanted) {
 			t.Errorf("Test error for Desc: %s. Want: %+v. Got: %+v.", test.Desc, test.Wanted, actual)
 		}
@@ -261,7 +238,7 @@ func TestMergeFieldSelectors(t *testing.T) {
 		ns := test.Namespaces
 		deniedNS := test.DeniedNamespaces
 		selector1 := ns.GetExcludeNSFieldSelector(deniedNS)
-		selector2 := test.Node.GetNodeFieldSelector(false)
+		selector2 := test.Node.GetNodeFieldSelector()
 		actual, err := MergeFieldSelectors([]string{selector1, selector2})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Test error for Desc: %s. Can't merge field selector %v.", test.Desc, err)