diff --git a/pkg/storage/cacher.go b/pkg/storage/cacher.go
index c810c8d608c..ae64f741dcb 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cacher.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cacher.go
@@ -462,7 +462,21 @@ func (c *Cacher) List(ctx context.Context, key string, resourceVersion string, p
 }
 
 // Implements storage.Interface.
-func (c *Cacher) GuaranteedUpdate(ctx context.Context, key string, ptrToType runtime.Object, ignoreNotFound bool, preconditions *Preconditions, tryUpdate UpdateFunc) error {
+func (c *Cacher) GuaranteedUpdate(
+	ctx context.Context, key string, ptrToType runtime.Object, ignoreNotFound bool,
+	preconditions *Preconditions, tryUpdate UpdateFunc, _ ...runtime.Object) error {
+	// Ignore the suggestion and try to pass down the current version of the object
+	// read from cache.
+	if elem, exists, err := c.watchCache.GetByKey(key); err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("GetByKey returned error: %v", err)
+	} else if exists {
+		currObj, copyErr := api.Scheme.Copy(elem.(*storeElement).Object)
+		if copyErr == nil {
+			return c.storage.GuaranteedUpdate(ctx, key, ptrToType, ignoreNotFound, preconditions, tryUpdate, currObj)
+		}
+		glog.Errorf("couldn't copy object: %v", copyErr)
+	}
+	// If we couldn't get the object, fallback to no-suggestion.
 	return c.storage.GuaranteedUpdate(ctx, key, ptrToType, ignoreNotFound, preconditions, tryUpdate)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/etcd/etcd_helper.go b/pkg/storage/etcd/etcd_helper.go
index b01a5e15f51..a7245905c03 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/etcd/etcd_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/etcd/etcd_helper.go
@@ -434,7 +434,10 @@ func (h *etcdHelper) listEtcdNode(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]*etcd.Node
 }
 
 // Implements storage.Interface.
-func (h *etcdHelper) GuaranteedUpdate(ctx context.Context, key string, ptrToType runtime.Object, ignoreNotFound bool, preconditions *storage.Preconditions, tryUpdate storage.UpdateFunc) error {
+func (h *etcdHelper) GuaranteedUpdate(
+	ctx context.Context, key string, ptrToType runtime.Object, ignoreNotFound bool,
+	preconditions *storage.Preconditions, tryUpdate storage.UpdateFunc, _ ...runtime.Object) error {
+	// Ignore the suggestion about current object.
 	if ctx == nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Context is nil")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/etcd3/store.go b/pkg/storage/etcd3/store.go
index 2566450fbf4..571623ca4b3 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/etcd3/store.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/etcd3/store.go
@@ -211,22 +211,33 @@ func (s *store) conditionalDelete(ctx context.Context, key string, out runtime.O
 }
 
 // GuaranteedUpdate implements storage.Interface.GuaranteedUpdate.
-func (s *store) GuaranteedUpdate(ctx context.Context, key string, out runtime.Object, ignoreNotFound bool, precondtions *storage.Preconditions, tryUpdate storage.UpdateFunc) error {
+func (s *store) GuaranteedUpdate(
+	ctx context.Context, key string, out runtime.Object, ignoreNotFound bool,
+	precondtions *storage.Preconditions, tryUpdate storage.UpdateFunc, suggestion ...runtime.Object) error {
 	v, err := conversion.EnforcePtr(out)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("unable to convert output object to pointer")
 	}
 	key = keyWithPrefix(s.pathPrefix, key)
-	getResp, err := s.client.KV.Get(ctx, key, s.getOps...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for {
-		origState, err := s.getState(getResp, key, v, ignoreNotFound)
+
+	var origState *objState
+	if len(suggestion) == 1 && suggestion[0] != nil {
+		origState, err = s.getStateFromObject(suggestion[0])
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	} else {
+		getResp, err := s.client.KV.Get(ctx, key, s.getOps...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		origState, err = s.getState(getResp, key, v, ignoreNotFound)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 
+	for {
 		if err := checkPreconditions(key, precondtions, origState.obj); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -260,8 +271,12 @@ func (s *store) GuaranteedUpdate(ctx context.Context, key string, out runtime.Ob
 			return err
 		}
 		if !txnResp.Succeeded {
-			getResp = (*clientv3.GetResponse)(txnResp.Responses[0].GetResponseRange())
+			getResp := (*clientv3.GetResponse)(txnResp.Responses[0].GetResponseRange())
 			glog.V(4).Infof("GuaranteedUpdate of %s failed because of a conflict, going to retry", key)
+			origState, err = s.getState(getResp, key, v, ignoreNotFound)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			continue
 		}
 		putResp := txnResp.Responses[0].GetResponsePut()
@@ -369,6 +384,32 @@ func (s *store) getState(getResp *clientv3.GetResponse, key string, v reflect.Va
 	return state, nil
 }
 
+func (s *store) getStateFromObject(obj runtime.Object) (*objState, error) {
+	state := &objState{
+		obj:  obj,
+		meta: &storage.ResponseMeta{},
+	}
+
+	rv, err := s.versioner.ObjectResourceVersion(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't get resource version: %v", err)
+	}
+	state.rev = int64(rv)
+	state.meta.ResourceVersion = uint64(state.rev)
+
+	// Compute the serialized form - for that we need to temporarily clean
+	// its resource version field (those are not stored in etcd).
+	if err := s.versioner.UpdateObject(obj, 0); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("resourceVersion cannot be set on objects store in etcd")
+	}
+	state.data, err = runtime.Encode(s.codec, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	s.versioner.UpdateObject(state.obj, uint64(rv))
+	return state, nil
+}
+
 func (s *store) updateState(st *objState, userUpdate storage.UpdateFunc) (runtime.Object, uint64, error) {
 	ret, ttlPtr, err := userUpdate(st.obj, *st.meta)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/interfaces.go b/pkg/storage/interfaces.go
index c6a0fdbc82b..612d3741b7b 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/interfaces.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/interfaces.go
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ type Interface interface {
 	// or zero value in 'ptrToType' parameter otherwise.
 	// If the object to update has the same value as previous, it won't do any update
 	// but will return the object in 'ptrToType' parameter.
+	// If 'suggestion' can contain zero or one element - in such case this can be used as
+	// a suggestion about the current version of the object to avoid read operation from
+	// storage to get it.
 	//
 	// Example:
 	//
@@ -166,5 +169,7 @@ type Interface interface {
 	//       return cur, nil, nil
 	//    }
 	// })
-	GuaranteedUpdate(ctx context.Context, key string, ptrToType runtime.Object, ignoreNotFound bool, precondtions *Preconditions, tryUpdate UpdateFunc) error
+	GuaranteedUpdate(
+		ctx context.Context, key string, ptrToType runtime.Object, ignoreNotFound bool,
+		precondtions *Preconditions, tryUpdate UpdateFunc, suggestion ...runtime.Object) error
 }