diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
index c68a6a8612d..7d90fbed150 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ func setNewReplicaSetAnnotations(deployment *extensions.Deployment, rs *extensio
 	if rs.Annotations == nil {
 		rs.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
 	}
-	if rs.Annotations[deploymentutil.RevisionAnnotation] != newRevision {
+	if rs.Annotations[deploymentutil.RevisionAnnotation] < newRevision {
 		rs.Annotations[deploymentutil.RevisionAnnotation] = newRevision
 		annotationChanged = true
 		glog.V(4).Infof("updating replica set %q's revision to %s - %+v\n", rs.Name, newRevision, rs)