diff --git a/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd.go b/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd.go
index d63ea71d96b..9f4315fc3de 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd.go
@@ -264,8 +264,9 @@ func (r *Registry) UpdatePod(ctx api.Context, pod *api.Pod) error {
 	return r.AtomicUpdate(containerKey, &api.BoundPods{}, true, func(in runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
 		boundPods := in.(*api.BoundPods)
 		for ix := range boundPods.Items {
-			if boundPods.Items[ix].Name == pod.Name {
-				boundPods.Items[ix].Spec = pod.Spec
+			item := &boundPods.Items[ix]
+			if item.Name == pod.Name && item.Namespace == pod.Namespace {
+				item.Spec = pod.Spec
 				return boundPods, nil
 			}
 		}
@@ -303,9 +304,9 @@ func (r *Registry) DeletePod(ctx api.Context, podID string) error {
 		pods := in.(*api.BoundPods)
 		newPods := make([]api.BoundPod, 0, len(pods.Items))
 		found := false
-		for _, pod := range pods.Items {
-			if pod.Name != podID {
-				newPods = append(newPods, pod)
+		for _, item := range pods.Items {
+			if item.Name != pod.Name || item.Namespace != pod.Namespace {
+				newPods = append(newPods, item)
 			} else {
 				found = true
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd_test.go b/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd_test.go
index ef13c2dfd13..16d077c8caf 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/etcd/etcd_test.go
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ func TestEtcdUpdatePodScheduled(t *testing.T) {
 
 	key, _ := makePodKey(ctx, "foo")
 	fakeClient.Set(key, runtime.EncodeOrDie(latest.Codec, &api.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"},
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault},
 		Spec: api.PodSpec{
 			//			Host: "machine",
 			Containers: []api.Container{
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func TestEtcdUpdatePodScheduled(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeClient.Set(contKey, runtime.EncodeOrDie(latest.Codec, &api.BoundPods{
 		Items: []api.BoundPod{
 			{
-				ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"},
+				ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: "other"},
 				Spec: api.PodSpec{
 					Containers: []api.Container{
 						{
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ func TestEtcdUpdatePodScheduled(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}, {
-				ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "bar"},
+				ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault},
 				Spec: api.PodSpec{
 					Containers: []api.Container{
 						{
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ func TestEtcdUpdatePodScheduled(t *testing.T) {
 	podIn := api.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:            "foo",
+			Namespace:       api.NamespaceDefault,
 			ResourceVersion: "1",
 			Labels: map[string]string{
 				"foo": "bar",
@@ -553,8 +554,8 @@ func TestEtcdUpdatePodScheduled(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error decoding response: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if len(list.Items) != 2 || !api.Semantic.DeepEqual(list.Items[0].Spec, podIn.Spec) {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected container list: %d\n items[0] -   %#v\n podin.spec - %#v\n", len(list.Items), list.Items[0].Spec, podIn.Spec)
+	if len(list.Items) != 2 || !api.Semantic.DeepEqual(list.Items[1].Spec, podIn.Spec) {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected container list: %d\n items[0] -   %#v\n podin.spec - %#v\n", len(list.Items), list.Items[1].Spec, podIn.Spec)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -565,12 +566,12 @@ func TestEtcdDeletePod(t *testing.T) {
 
 	key, _ := makePodKey(ctx, "foo")
 	fakeClient.Set(key, runtime.EncodeOrDie(latest.Codec, &api.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"},
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault},
 		Status:     api.PodStatus{Host: "machine"},
 	}), 0)
 	fakeClient.Set("/registry/nodes/machine/boundpods", runtime.EncodeOrDie(latest.Codec, &api.BoundPods{
 		Items: []api.BoundPod{
-			{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"}},
+			{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault}},
 		},
 	}), 0)
 	registry := NewTestEtcdRegistry(fakeClient)
@@ -601,13 +602,13 @@ func TestEtcdDeletePodMultipleContainers(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeClient.TestIndex = true
 	key, _ := makePodKey(ctx, "foo")
 	fakeClient.Set(key, runtime.EncodeOrDie(latest.Codec, &api.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"},
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault},
 		Status:     api.PodStatus{Host: "machine"},
 	}), 0)
 	fakeClient.Set("/registry/nodes/machine/boundpods", runtime.EncodeOrDie(latest.Codec, &api.BoundPods{
 		Items: []api.BoundPod{
-			{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"}},
-			{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "bar"}},
+			{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: "other"}},
+			{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault}},
 		},
 	}), 0)
 	registry := NewTestEtcdRegistry(fakeClient)
@@ -631,7 +632,7 @@ func TestEtcdDeletePodMultipleContainers(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(boundPods.Items) != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected boundPod set: %#v, expected empty", boundPods)
 	}
-	if boundPods.Items[0].Name != "bar" {
+	if boundPods.Items[0].Namespace != "other" {
 		t.Errorf("Deleted wrong boundPod: %#v", boundPods)
 	}
 }