diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/metadata.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/metadata.go
index 1e16c4aad4d..fb561241798 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/metadata.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/metadata.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm"
+	priorityutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/schedulercache"
 )
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ type priorityMetadata struct {
 	podTolerations []v1.Toleration
 	affinity       *v1.Affinity
 	podSelectors   []labels.Selector
+	controllerRef  *metav1.OwnerReference
 }
 
 // PriorityMetadata is a MetadataProducer.  Node info can be nil.
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ func (pmf *PriorityMetadataFactory) PriorityMetadata(pod *v1.Pod, nodeNameToInfo
 		podTolerations: tolerationsPreferNoSchedule,
 		affinity:       pod.Spec.Affinity,
 		podSelectors:   podSelectors,
+		controllerRef:  priorityutil.GetControllerRef(pod),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/node_prefer_avoid_pods.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/node_prefer_avoid_pods.go
index c4311fb3ab5..7392f76b716 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/node_prefer_avoid_pods.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/node_prefer_avoid_pods.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	v1helper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/v1/helper"
 	priorityutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/util"
 	schedulerapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/scheduler/api"
@@ -31,8 +32,14 @@ func CalculateNodePreferAvoidPodsPriorityMap(pod *v1.Pod, meta interface{}, node
 	if node == nil {
 		return schedulerapi.HostPriority{}, fmt.Errorf("node not found")
 	}
+	var controllerRef *metav1.OwnerReference
+	if priorityMeta, ok := meta.(*priorityMetadata); ok {
+		controllerRef = priorityMeta.controllerRef
+	} else {
+		// We couldn't parse metadata - fallback to the podspec.
+		controllerRef = priorityutil.GetControllerRef(pod)
+	}
 
-	controllerRef := priorityutil.GetControllerRef(pod)
 	if controllerRef != nil {
 		// Ignore pods that are owned by other controller than ReplicationController
 		// or ReplicaSet.