diff --git a/pkg/controller/daemon/controller.go b/pkg/controller/daemon/controller.go
index c0995b5bfd0..c24faefc146 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/daemon/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/daemon/controller.go
@@ -411,12 +411,12 @@ func storeDaemonSetStatus(dsClient client.DaemonSetInterface, ds *extensions.Dae
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	ds.Status.DesiredNumberScheduled = desiredNumberScheduled
-	ds.Status.CurrentNumberScheduled = currentNumberScheduled
-	ds.Status.NumberMisscheduled = numberMisscheduled
-
 	var updateErr, getErr error
 	for i := 0; i <= StatusUpdateRetries; i++ {
+		ds.Status.DesiredNumberScheduled = desiredNumberScheduled
+		ds.Status.CurrentNumberScheduled = currentNumberScheduled
+		ds.Status.NumberMisscheduled = numberMisscheduled
+
 		_, updateErr = dsClient.UpdateStatus(ds)
 		if updateErr == nil {
 			// successful update