diff --git a/pkg/controller/service/BUILD b/pkg/controller/service/BUILD
index 8155e8d1c85..226f348bc72 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/service/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/controller/service/BUILD
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ go_test(
     library = ":go_default_library",
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/testapi:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/fake:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller.go b/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller.go
index 4347b06d3df..670a9a426ba 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller.go
@@ -573,24 +573,6 @@ func nodeSlicesEqualForLB(x, y []*v1.Node) bool {
 	return stringSlicesEqual(nodeNames(x), nodeNames(y))
 }
 
-func intSlicesEqual(x, y []int) bool {
-	if len(x) != len(y) {
-		return false
-	}
-	if !sort.IntsAreSorted(x) {
-		sort.Ints(x)
-	}
-	if !sort.IntsAreSorted(y) {
-		sort.Ints(y)
-	}
-	for i := range x {
-		if x[i] != y[i] {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 func stringSlicesEqual(x, y []string) bool {
 	if len(x) != len(y) {
 		return false
diff --git a/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller_test.go b/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller_test.go
index 14f89b05e2f..168c4355590 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/fake"
@@ -296,3 +297,120 @@ func TestGetNodeConditionPredicate(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TODO(a-robinson): Add tests for update/sync/delete.
+
+func TestSyncService(t *testing.T) {
+	controller, _, _ := newController()
+
+	testServiceName := "sync-test-name"
+	testServiceUID := types.UID("sync-test-uid")
+
+	testService := newService(testServiceName, testServiceUID, v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer)
+
+	keyExpected := testService.GetObjectMeta().GetNamespace() + "/" + testService.GetObjectMeta().GetName()
+
+	controller.enqueueService(testService)
+	cachedServiceTest := controller.cache.getOrCreate(keyExpected)
+	cachedServiceTest.state = testService
+
+	controller.cache.set(keyExpected, cachedServiceTest)
+
+	keyGot, quit := controller.workingQueue.Get()
+
+	if quit {
+		t.Fatalf("get no workingQueue element")
+	}
+	if keyExpected != keyGot.(string) {
+		t.Fatalf("get service key error, expected: %s, got: %s", keyExpected, keyGot.(string))
+	}
+
+	err := controller.syncService(keyExpected)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("sync service error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, exist := controller.cache.get(keyExpected)
+	if exist {
+		t.Fatalf("sync service error, workingQueue should not contain service: %s any more", keyExpected)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestProcessServiceDeletion(t *testing.T) {
+	controller, _, _ := newController()
+
+	testServiceName := "sync-test-name"
+	testServiceUID := types.UID("sync-test-uid")
+	testService := newService(testServiceName, testServiceUID, v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer)
+
+	keyExpected := testService.GetObjectMeta().GetNamespace() + "/" + testService.GetObjectMeta().GetName()
+
+	controller.enqueueService(testService)
+	cachedServiceTest := controller.cache.getOrCreate(keyExpected)
+	cachedServiceTest.state = testService
+	controller.cache.set(keyExpected, cachedServiceTest)
+
+	keyGot, quit := controller.workingQueue.Get()
+
+	if quit {
+		t.Fatalf("get no workingQueue element")
+	}
+	if keyExpected != keyGot.(string) {
+		t.Fatalf("get service key error, expected: %s, got: %s", keyExpected, keyGot.(string))
+	}
+
+	err, _ := controller.processServiceDeletion(keyExpected)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("delete service error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, exist := controller.cache.get(keyExpected)
+	if exist {
+		t.Fatalf("delete service error, workingQueue should not contain service: %s any more", keyExpected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProcessServiceUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	controller, _, _ := newController()
+
+	testServiceName := "sync-test-name"
+	testServiceUID := types.UID("sync-test-uid")
+	lbIP := "192.168.1.1"
+	testService := newService(testServiceName, testServiceUID, v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer)
+	testService.Spec.LoadBalancerIP = lbIP
+
+	keyExpected := testService.GetObjectMeta().GetNamespace() + "/" + testService.GetObjectMeta().GetName()
+
+	controller.enqueueService(testService)
+	cachedServiceTest := controller.cache.getOrCreate(keyExpected)
+	cachedServiceTest.state = testService
+	controller.cache.set(keyExpected, cachedServiceTest)
+
+	keyGot, quit := controller.workingQueue.Get()
+	if quit {
+		t.Fatalf("get no workingQueue element")
+	}
+	if keyExpected != keyGot.(string) {
+		t.Fatalf("get service key error, expected: %s, got: %s", keyExpected, keyGot.(string))
+	}
+
+	copy, err := api.Scheme.DeepCopy(testService)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("copy service error: %v", err)
+	}
+	newService := copy.(*v1.Service)
+
+	newLBIP := "192.168.1.11"
+	newService.Spec.LoadBalancerIP = newLBIP
+	err, _ = controller.processServiceUpdate(cachedServiceTest, newService, keyExpected)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("update service error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cachedServiceGot, exist := controller.cache.get(keyExpected)
+	if !exist {
+		t.Fatalf("update service error, workingQueue should contain service: %s", keyExpected)
+	}
+	if cachedServiceGot.state.Spec.LoadBalancerIP != newLBIP {
+		t.Fatalf("update LoadBalancerIP error, expected: %s, got: %s", newLBIP, cachedServiceGot.state.Spec.LoadBalancerIP)
+	}
+}