diff --git a/pkg/controller/replication_controller.go b/pkg/controller/replication_controller.go
index 114db54880a..49c026b8681 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replication_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replication_controller.go
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ func (rm *ReplicationManager) watchControllers(resourceVersion *string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (rm *ReplicationManager) filterActivePods(pods []api.Pod) []api.Pod {
+// Helper function. Also used in pkg/registry/controller, for now.
+func FilterActivePods(pods []api.Pod) []api.Pod {
 	var result []api.Pod
 	for _, value := range pods {
 		if api.PodSucceeded != value.Status.Phase &&
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ func (rm *ReplicationManager) syncReplicationController(controller api.Replicati
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	filteredList := rm.filterActivePods(podList.Items)
+	filteredList := FilterActivePods(podList.Items)
 	diff := len(filteredList) - controller.Spec.Replicas
 	if diff < 0 {
 		diff *= -1
diff --git a/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go b/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go
index 1ae3f3648b3..1f298ee06f8 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/validation"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/apiserver"
+	rc "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ func (rs *REST) Watch(ctx api.Context, label, field labels.Selector, resourceVer
 	return rs.registry.WatchControllers(ctx, label, field, resourceVersion)
 }
 
+// TODO #2726: The controller should populate the current state, not the apiserver
 func (rs *REST) fillCurrentState(ctx api.Context, controller *api.ReplicationController) error {
 	if rs.podLister == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -157,6 +159,6 @@ func (rs *REST) fillCurrentState(ctx api.Context, controller *api.ReplicationCon
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	controller.Status.Replicas = len(list.Items)
+	controller.Status.Replicas = len(rc.FilterActivePods(list.Items))
 	return nil
 }