diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
index 8b6a4205807..1476a8701fe 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
@@ -1048,8 +1048,8 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) updateDeploymentStatus(allRSs []*extensions.Repl
 }
 
 func (dc *DeploymentController) calculateStatus(allRSs []*extensions.ReplicaSet, newRS *extensions.ReplicaSet, deployment extensions.Deployment) (totalReplicas, updatedReplicas, availableReplicas, unavailableReplicas int, err error) {
-	totalReplicas = deploymentutil.GetReplicaCountForReplicaSets(allRSs)
-	updatedReplicas = deploymentutil.GetReplicaCountForReplicaSets([]*extensions.ReplicaSet{newRS})
+	totalReplicas = deploymentutil.GetActualReplicaCountForReplicaSets(allRSs)
+	updatedReplicas = deploymentutil.GetActualReplicaCountForReplicaSets([]*extensions.ReplicaSet{newRS})
 	minReadySeconds := deployment.Spec.MinReadySeconds
 	availableReplicas, err = deploymentutil.GetAvailablePodsForReplicaSets(dc.client, allRSs, minReadySeconds)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go b/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go
index 0ee24eed7d5..77e8cc709c8 100644
--- a/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go
@@ -330,6 +330,15 @@ func GetReplicaCountForReplicaSets(replicaSets []*extensions.ReplicaSet) int {
 	return totalReplicaCount
 }
 
+// GetActualReplicaCountForReplicaSets returns the sum of actual replicas of the given replica sets.
+func GetActualReplicaCountForReplicaSets(replicaSets []*extensions.ReplicaSet) int {
+	totalReplicaCount := 0
+	for _, rs := range replicaSets {
+		totalReplicaCount += rs.Status.Replicas
+	}
+	return totalReplicaCount
+}
+
 // Returns the number of available pods corresponding to the given replica sets.
 func GetAvailablePodsForReplicaSets(c clientset.Interface, rss []*extensions.ReplicaSet, minReadySeconds int) (int, error) {
 	allPods, err := GetPodsForReplicaSets(c, rss)