diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
index 8c707cc4b17..590d0054a65 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
@@ -75,6 +74,9 @@ type DeploymentController struct {
 	// Added as a member to the struct to allow injection for testing.
 	podStoreSynced func() bool
 
+	// A TTLCache of pod creates/deletes each deployment expects to see
+	expectations controller.ControllerExpectationsInterface
+
 	// Deployments that need to be synced
 	queue *workqueue.Type
 }
@@ -90,14 +92,15 @@ func NewDeploymentController(client client.Interface, resyncPeriod controller.Re
 		expClient:     client.Extensions(),
 		eventRecorder: eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(api.EventSource{Component: "deployment-controller"}),
 		queue:         workqueue.New(),
+		expectations:  controller.NewControllerExpectations(),
 	}
 
 	dc.dStore.Store, dc.dController = framework.NewInformer(
 		&cache.ListWatch{
-			ListFunc: func() (runtime.Object, error) {
-				return dc.expClient.Deployments(api.NamespaceAll).List(unversioned.ListOptions{})
+			ListFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+				return dc.expClient.Deployments(api.NamespaceAll).List(options)
 			},
-			WatchFunc: func(options unversioned.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+			WatchFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
 				return dc.expClient.Deployments(api.NamespaceAll).Watch(options)
 			},
 		},
@@ -116,10 +119,10 @@ func NewDeploymentController(client client.Interface, resyncPeriod controller.Re
 
 	dc.rcStore.Store, dc.rcController = framework.NewInformer(
 		&cache.ListWatch{
-			ListFunc: func() (runtime.Object, error) {
-				return dc.client.ReplicationControllers(api.NamespaceAll).List(unversioned.ListOptions{})
+			ListFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+				return dc.client.ReplicationControllers(api.NamespaceAll).List(options)
 			},
-			WatchFunc: func(options unversioned.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+			WatchFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
 				return dc.client.ReplicationControllers(api.NamespaceAll).Watch(options)
 			},
 		},
@@ -132,15 +135,12 @@ func NewDeploymentController(client client.Interface, resyncPeriod controller.Re
 		},
 	)
 
-	// We do not event on anything from the podController, but we use the local
-	// podStore to make queries about the current state of pods (e.g. whether
-	// they are ready or not) more efficient.
 	dc.podStore.Store, dc.podController = framework.NewInformer(
 		&cache.ListWatch{
-			ListFunc: func() (runtime.Object, error) {
-				return dc.client.Pods(api.NamespaceAll).List(unversioned.ListOptions{})
+			ListFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+				return dc.client.Pods(api.NamespaceAll).List(options)
 			},
-			WatchFunc: func(options unversioned.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+			WatchFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
 				return dc.client.Pods(api.NamespaceAll).Watch(options)
 			},
 		},
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ func NewDeploymentController(client client.Interface, resyncPeriod controller.Re
 		framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 			// When pod updates (becomes ready), we need to enqueue deployment
 			UpdateFunc: dc.updatePod,
+			// When pod is deleted, we need to update deployment's expectations
+			DeleteFunc: dc.deletePod,
 		},
 	)
 
@@ -226,7 +228,6 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) updateRC(old, cur interface{}) {
 // marker item.
 func (dc *DeploymentController) deleteRC(obj interface{}) {
 	rc, ok := obj.(*api.ReplicationController)
-	glog.V(4).Infof("Replication controller %s deleted.", rc.Name)
 
 	// When a delete is dropped, the relist will notice a pod in the store not
 	// in the list, leading to the insertion of a tombstone object which contains
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) deleteRC(obj interface{}) {
 			return
 		}
 	}
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Replication controller %s deleted.", rc.Name)
 	if d := dc.getDeploymentForRC(rc); d != nil {
 		dc.enqueueDeployment(d)
 	}
@@ -287,6 +289,37 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) updatePod(old, cur interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
+// When a pod is deleted, update expectations of the controller that manages the pod.
+// obj could be an *api.Pod, or a DeletionFinalStateUnknown marker item.
+func (dc *DeploymentController) deletePod(obj interface{}) {
+	pod, ok := obj.(*api.Pod)
+	// When a delete is dropped, the relist will notice a pod in the store not
+	// in the list, leading to the insertion of a tombstone object which contains
+	// the deleted key/value. Note that this value might be stale. If the pod
+	// changed labels the new rc will not be woken up till the periodic resync.
+	if !ok {
+		tombstone, ok := obj.(cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown)
+		if !ok {
+			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get object from tombstone %+v, could take up to %v before a controller recreates a replica", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			return
+		}
+		pod, ok = tombstone.Obj.(*api.Pod)
+		if !ok {
+			glog.Errorf("Tombstone contained object that is not a pod %+v, could take up to %v before controller recreates a replica", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Pod %s deleted.", pod.Name)
+	if d := dc.getDeploymentForPod(pod); d != nil {
+		dKey, err := controller.KeyFunc(d)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get key for deployment controller %#v: %v", d, err)
+			return
+		}
+		dc.expectations.DeletionObserved(dKey)
+	}
+}
+
 // obj could be an *api.Deployment, or a DeletionFinalStateUnknown marker item.
 func (dc *DeploymentController) enqueueDeployment(obj interface{}) {
 	key, err := controller.KeyFunc(obj)
@@ -338,6 +371,7 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) syncDeployment(key string) error {
 	}
 	if !exists {
 		glog.Infof("Deployment has been deleted %v", key)
+		dc.expectations.DeleteExpectations(key)
 		return nil
 	}
 	d := *obj.(*extensions.Deployment)
@@ -379,7 +413,7 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) syncRollingUpdateDeployment(deployment extension
 	}
 
 	// Scale down, if we can.
-	scaledDown, err := dc.reconcileOldRCs(allRCs, oldRCs, newRC, deployment)
+	scaledDown, err := dc.reconcileOldRCs(allRCs, oldRCs, newRC, deployment, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -401,11 +435,11 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) syncRollingUpdateDeployment(deployment extension
 
 func (dc *DeploymentController) getOldRCs(deployment extensions.Deployment) ([]*api.ReplicationController, error) {
 	return deploymentutil.GetOldRCsFromLists(deployment, dc.client,
-		func(namespace string, options unversioned.ListOptions) (*api.PodList, error) {
+		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) (*api.PodList, error) {
 			podList, err := dc.podStore.Pods(namespace).List(labels.SelectorFromSet(deployment.Spec.Selector))
 			return &podList, err
 		},
-		func(namespace string, options unversioned.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error) {
+		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error) {
 			return dc.rcStore.List()
 		})
 }
@@ -414,7 +448,7 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) getOldRCs(deployment extensions.Deployment) ([]*
 // It creates a new RC if required.
 func (dc *DeploymentController) getNewRC(deployment extensions.Deployment) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
 	existingNewRC, err := deploymentutil.GetNewRCFromList(deployment, dc.client,
-		func(namespace string, options unversioned.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error) {
+		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error) {
 			return dc.rcStore.List()
 		})
 	if err != nil || existingNewRC != nil {
@@ -479,7 +513,8 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) reconcileNewRC(allRCs []*api.ReplicationControll
 	return true, err
 }
 
-func (dc *DeploymentController) reconcileOldRCs(allRCs []*api.ReplicationController, oldRCs []*api.ReplicationController, newRC *api.ReplicationController, deployment extensions.Deployment) (bool, error) {
+// Set expectationsCheck to false to bypass expectations check when testing
+func (dc *DeploymentController) reconcileOldRCs(allRCs []*api.ReplicationController, oldRCs []*api.ReplicationController, newRC *api.ReplicationController, deployment extensions.Deployment, expectationsCheck bool) (bool, error) {
 	oldPodsCount := deploymentutil.GetReplicaCountForRCs(oldRCs)
 	if oldPodsCount == 0 {
 		// Cant scale down further
@@ -495,6 +530,15 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) reconcileOldRCs(allRCs []*api.ReplicationControl
 	// Check if we can scale down.
 	minAvailable := deployment.Spec.Replicas - maxUnavailable
 	minReadySeconds := deployment.Spec.Strategy.RollingUpdate.MinReadySeconds
+	// Check the expectations of deployment before counting available pods
+	dKey, err := controller.KeyFunc(&deployment)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("Couldn't get key for deployment %#v: %v", deployment, err)
+	}
+	if expectationsCheck && !dc.expectations.SatisfiedExpectations(dKey) {
+		fmt.Printf("Expectations not met yet before reconciling old RCs\n")
+		return false, nil
+	}
 	// Find the number of ready pods.
 	readyPodCount, err := deploymentutil.GetAvailablePodsForRCs(dc.client, allRCs, minReadySeconds)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -523,6 +567,13 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) reconcileOldRCs(allRCs []*api.ReplicationControl
 			return false, err
 		}
 		totalScaleDownCount -= scaleDownCount
+		dKey, err := controller.KeyFunc(&deployment)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("Couldn't get key for deployment %#v: %v", deployment, err)
+		}
+		if expectationsCheck {
+			dc.expectations.ExpectDeletions(dKey, scaleDownCount)
+		}
 	}
 	return true, err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go
index 9dd0e5a6086..df8403c2d82 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestDeploymentController_reconcileOldRCs(t *testing.T) {
 			client:        fake,
 			eventRecorder: &record.FakeRecorder{},
 		}
-		scaled, err := controller.reconcileOldRCs(allRcs, oldRcs, nil, deployment)
+		scaled, err := controller.reconcileOldRCs(allRcs, oldRcs, nil, deployment, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 			continue
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ var alwaysReady = func() bool { return true }
 
 func newDeployment(replicas int) *exp.Deployment {
 	d := exp.Deployment{
-		TypeMeta: unversioned.TypeMeta{APIVersion: testapi.Default.Version()},
+		TypeMeta: unversioned.TypeMeta{APIVersion: testapi.Default.GroupVersion().String()},
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
 			UID:             util.NewUUID(),
 			Name:            "foobar",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller.go b/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller.go
index 873f9af17fa..6ea68d16c19 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (rm *ReplicationManager) getPodController(pod *api.Pod) *api.ReplicationCon
 		// overlap, sort by creation timestamp, subsort by name, then pick
 		// the first.
 		glog.Errorf("user error! more than one replication controller is selecting pods with labels: %+v", pod.Labels)
-		sort.Sort(overlappingControllers(controllers))
+		sort.Sort(OverlappingControllers(controllers))
 	}
 	return &controllers[0]
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller_utils.go b/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller_utils.go
index 5033c29011c..b300e092205 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller_utils.go
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ func updateReplicaCount(rcClient client.ReplicationControllerInterface, controll
 }
 
 // OverlappingControllers sorts a list of controllers by creation timestamp, using their names as a tie breaker.
-type overlappingControllers []api.ReplicationController
+type OverlappingControllers []api.ReplicationController
 
-func (o overlappingControllers) Len() int      { return len(o) }
-func (o overlappingControllers) Swap(i, j int) { o[i], o[j] = o[j], o[i] }
+func (o OverlappingControllers) Len() int      { return len(o) }
+func (o OverlappingControllers) Swap(i, j int) { o[i], o[j] = o[j], o[i] }
 
-func (o overlappingControllers) Less(i, j int) bool {
+func (o OverlappingControllers) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	if o[i].CreationTimestamp.Equal(o[j].CreationTimestamp) {
 		return o[i].Name < o[j].Name
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go b/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go
index 2cfd5843ea0..b7e797bb791 100644
--- a/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 	client "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
@@ -32,17 +31,17 @@ import (
 // GetOldRCs returns the old RCs targeted by the given Deployment; get PodList and RCList from client interface.
 func GetOldRCs(deployment extensions.Deployment, c client.Interface) ([]*api.ReplicationController, error) {
 	return GetOldRCsFromLists(deployment, c,
-		func(namespace string, options unversioned.ListOptions) (*api.PodList, error) {
+		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) (*api.PodList, error) {
 			return c.Pods(namespace).List(options)
 		},
-		func(namespace string, options unversioned.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error) {
+		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error) {
 			rcList, err := c.ReplicationControllers(namespace).List(options)
 			return rcList.Items, err
 		})
 }
 
 // GetOldRCsFromLists returns the old RCs targeted by the given Deployment; get PodList and RCList with input functions.
-func GetOldRCsFromLists(deployment extensions.Deployment, c client.Interface, getPodList func(string, unversioned.ListOptions) (*api.PodList, error), getRcList func(string, unversioned.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error)) ([]*api.ReplicationController, error) {
+func GetOldRCsFromLists(deployment extensions.Deployment, c client.Interface, getPodList func(string, api.ListOptions) (*api.PodList, error), getRcList func(string, api.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error)) ([]*api.ReplicationController, error) {
 	namespace := deployment.ObjectMeta.Namespace
 	// 1. Find all pods whose labels match deployment.Spec.Selector
 	selector := labels.SelectorFromSet(deployment.Spec.Selector)
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ func GetOldRCsFromLists(deployment extensions.Deployment, c client.Interface, ge
 // Returns nil if the new RC doesnt exist yet.
 func GetNewRC(deployment extensions.Deployment, c client.Interface) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
 	return GetNewRCFromList(deployment, c,
-		func(namespace string, options unversioned.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error) {
+		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error) {
 			rcList, err := c.ReplicationControllers(namespace).List(options)
 			return rcList.Items, err
 		})
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ func GetNewRC(deployment extensions.Deployment, c client.Interface) (*api.Replic
 
 // GetNewRCFromList returns an RC that matches the intent of the given deployment; get RCList with the input function.
 // Returns nil if the new RC doesnt exist yet.
-func GetNewRCFromList(deployment extensions.Deployment, c client.Interface, getRcList func(string, unversioned.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error)) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
+func GetNewRCFromList(deployment extensions.Deployment, c client.Interface, getRcList func(string, api.ListOptions) ([]api.ReplicationController, error)) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
 	namespace := deployment.ObjectMeta.Namespace
 	rcList, err := getRcList(namespace, api.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil {