diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/stop.go b/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
index 4dad40e8055..0115a932b9d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ func (reaper *DeploymentReaper) Stop(namespace, name string, timeout time.Durati
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Do not cascade deletion for overlapping deployments.
+	if len(deployment.Annotations[deploymentutil.OverlapAnnotation]) > 0 {
+		return deployments.Delete(name, nil)
+	}
+
 	// Stop all replica sets.
 	selector, err := unversioned.LabelSelectorAsSelector(deployment.Spec.Selector)
 	if err != nil {