diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
index 84280cd435e..2a5733d4f48 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@ func generatePodName(name string, nodeName types.NodeName) string {
 func applyDefaults(pod *api.Pod, source string, isFile bool, nodeName types.NodeName) error {
 	if len(pod.UID) == 0 {
 		hasher := md5.New()
+		hash.DeepHashObject(hasher, pod)
+		// DeepHashObject resets the hash, so we should write the pod source
+		// information AFTER it.
 		if isFile {
 			fmt.Fprintf(hasher, "host:%s", nodeName)
 			fmt.Fprintf(hasher, "file:%s", source)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintf(hasher, "url:%s", source)
 		}
-		hash.DeepHashObject(hasher, pod)
 		pod.UID = types.UID(hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil)[0:]))
 		klog.V(5).Infof("Generated UID %q pod %q from %s", pod.UID, pod.Name, source)
 	}