diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 452f3ee3fdc..ff98768035b 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func StartControllers(s *options.CMServer, kubeClient *client.Client, kubeconfig
 		KubeClient:                resourceQuotaControllerClient,
 		ResyncPeriod:              controller.StaticResyncPeriodFunc(s.ResourceQuotaSyncPeriod.Duration),
 		Registry:                  resourceQuotaRegistry,
-		ControllerFactory:         resourcequotacontroller.NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(resourceQuotaControllerClient),
+		ControllerFactory:         resourcequotacontroller.NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(podInformer, resourceQuotaControllerClient),
 		ReplenishmentResyncPeriod: ResyncPeriod(s),
 		GroupKindsToReplenish:     groupKindsToReplenish,
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/mesos/pkg/controllermanager/controllermanager.go b/contrib/mesos/pkg/controllermanager/controllermanager.go
index bb2bbf3e8d2..8e2868b1d4f 100644
--- a/contrib/mesos/pkg/controllermanager/controllermanager.go
+++ b/contrib/mesos/pkg/controllermanager/controllermanager.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (s *CMServer) Run(_ []string) error {
 		Registry:                  resourceQuotaRegistry,
 		GroupKindsToReplenish:     groupKindsToReplenish,
 		ReplenishmentResyncPeriod: s.resyncPeriod,
-		ControllerFactory:         resourcequotacontroller.NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(resourceQuotaControllerClient),
+		ControllerFactory:         resourcequotacontroller.NewReplenishmentControllerFactoryFromClient(resourceQuotaControllerClient),
 	}
 	go resourcequotacontroller.NewResourceQuotaController(resourceQuotaControllerOptions).Run(s.ConcurrentResourceQuotaSyncs, wait.NeverStop)
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/replenishment_controller.go b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/replenishment_controller.go
index a75ba291dd8..c8a6031a812 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/replenishment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/replenishment_controller.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/framework"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/framework/informers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/quota/evaluator/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/runtime"
@@ -86,43 +87,46 @@ func ObjectReplenishmentDeleteFunc(options *ReplenishmentControllerOptions) func
 
 // ReplenishmentControllerFactory knows how to build replenishment controllers
 type ReplenishmentControllerFactory interface {
-	// NewController returns a controller configured with the specified options
-	NewController(options *ReplenishmentControllerOptions) (*framework.Controller, error)
+	// NewController returns a controller configured with the specified options.
+	// This method is NOT thread-safe.
+	NewController(options *ReplenishmentControllerOptions) (framework.ControllerInterface, error)
 }
 
 // replenishmentControllerFactory implements ReplenishmentControllerFactory
 type replenishmentControllerFactory struct {
-	kubeClient clientset.Interface
+	kubeClient  clientset.Interface
+	podInformer framework.SharedInformer
 }
 
 // NewReplenishmentControllerFactory returns a factory that knows how to build controllers
 // to replenish resources when updated or deleted
-func NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient clientset.Interface) ReplenishmentControllerFactory {
+func NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(podInformer framework.SharedInformer, kubeClient clientset.Interface) ReplenishmentControllerFactory {
 	return &replenishmentControllerFactory{
-		kubeClient: kubeClient,
+		kubeClient:  kubeClient,
+		podInformer: podInformer,
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *replenishmentControllerFactory) NewController(options *ReplenishmentControllerOptions) (*framework.Controller, error) {
-	var result *framework.Controller
+func NewReplenishmentControllerFactoryFromClient(kubeClient clientset.Interface) ReplenishmentControllerFactory {
+	return NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(nil, kubeClient)
+}
+
+func (r *replenishmentControllerFactory) NewController(options *ReplenishmentControllerOptions) (framework.ControllerInterface, error) {
+	var result framework.ControllerInterface
 	switch options.GroupKind {
 	case api.Kind("Pod"):
-		_, result = framework.NewInformer(
-			&cache.ListWatch{
-				ListFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
-					return r.kubeClient.Core().Pods(api.NamespaceAll).List(options)
-				},
-				WatchFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
-					return r.kubeClient.Core().Pods(api.NamespaceAll).Watch(options)
-				},
-			},
-			&api.Pod{},
-			options.ResyncPeriod(),
-			framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+		if r.podInformer != nil {
+			r.podInformer.AddEventHandler(framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 				UpdateFunc: PodReplenishmentUpdateFunc(options),
 				DeleteFunc: ObjectReplenishmentDeleteFunc(options),
-			},
-		)
+			})
+			result = r.podInformer.GetController()
+			break
+		}
+
+		r.podInformer = informers.CreateSharedPodInformer(r.kubeClient, options.ResyncPeriod())
+		result = r.podInformer
+
 	case api.Kind("Service"):
 		_, result = framework.NewInformer(
 			&cache.ListWatch{
diff --git a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller.go b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller.go
index 0a21ebf57f4..47b684d462e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type ResourceQuotaController struct {
 	// knows how to calculate usage
 	registry quota.Registry
 	// controllers monitoring to notify for replenishment
-	replenishmentControllers []*framework.Controller
+	replenishmentControllers []framework.ControllerInterface
 }
 
 func NewResourceQuotaController(options *ResourceQuotaControllerOptions) *ResourceQuotaController {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func NewResourceQuotaController(options *ResourceQuotaControllerOptions) *Resour
 		queue:                    workqueue.New(),
 		resyncPeriod:             options.ResyncPeriod,
 		registry:                 options.Registry,
-		replenishmentControllers: []*framework.Controller{},
+		replenishmentControllers: []framework.ControllerInterface{},
 	}
 
 	// set the synchronization handler
diff --git a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller_test.go
index b65fb192225..f50dc5b67a9 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller_test.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestSyncResourceQuota(t *testing.T) {
 			api.Kind("ReplicationController"),
 			api.Kind("PersistentVolumeClaim"),
 		},
-		ControllerFactory:         NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient),
+		ControllerFactory:         NewReplenishmentControllerFactoryFromClient(kubeClient),
 		ReplenishmentResyncPeriod: controller.NoResyncPeriodFunc,
 	}
 	quotaController := NewResourceQuotaController(resourceQuotaControllerOptions)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func TestSyncResourceQuotaSpecChange(t *testing.T) {
 			api.Kind("ReplicationController"),
 			api.Kind("PersistentVolumeClaim"),
 		},
-		ControllerFactory:         NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient),
+		ControllerFactory:         NewReplenishmentControllerFactoryFromClient(kubeClient),
 		ReplenishmentResyncPeriod: controller.NoResyncPeriodFunc,
 	}
 	quotaController := NewResourceQuotaController(resourceQuotaControllerOptions)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func TestSyncResourceQuotaNoChange(t *testing.T) {
 			api.Kind("ReplicationController"),
 			api.Kind("PersistentVolumeClaim"),
 		},
-		ControllerFactory:         NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient),
+		ControllerFactory:         NewReplenishmentControllerFactoryFromClient(kubeClient),
 		ReplenishmentResyncPeriod: controller.NoResyncPeriodFunc,
 	}
 	quotaController := NewResourceQuotaController(resourceQuotaControllerOptions)