diff --git a/pkg/registry/networking/ingress/storage/storage_test.go b/pkg/registry/networking/ingress/storage/storage_test.go
index d4b94020c00..e5f27f1122c 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/networking/ingress/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/networking/ingress/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@ package storage
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	genericapirequest "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic"
 	genericregistrytest "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/testing"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
 	etcd3testing "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/testing"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions/install"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/networking"
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ func newStorage(t *testing.T) (*REST, *StatusREST, *etcd3testing.EtcdTestServer)
 }
 
 var (
-	namespace           = metav1.NamespaceNone
+	namespace           = "test" // genericregistrytest.Tester hardcode namespace that will be used when creating contexts.
 	name                = "foo-ingress"
 	defaultHostname     = "foo.bar.com"
 	defaultBackendName  = "default-backend"
@@ -242,6 +246,40 @@ func TestWatch(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+func TestUpdateStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	storage, statusStorage, server := newStorage(t)
+	defer server.Terminate(t)
+	defer storage.Store.DestroyFunc()
+
+	ingStart := validIngress()
+	ctx := genericapirequest.WithNamespace(genericapirequest.NewContext(), namespace)
+	key, _ := storage.KeyFunc(ctx, ingStart.Name)
+	err := storage.Storage.Create(ctx, key, ingStart, nil, 0, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ing := ingStart.DeepCopy()
+	ing.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress = []networking.IngressLoadBalancerIngress{
+		{
+			IP: defaultLoadBalancer,
+		},
+	}
+	_, _, err = statusStorage.Update(ctx, ing.Name, rest.DefaultUpdatedObjectInfo(ing), rest.ValidateAllObjectFunc, rest.ValidateAllObjectUpdateFunc, false, &metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	obj, err := storage.Get(ctx, ing.Name, &metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	ingOut := obj.(*networking.Ingress)
+	// only compare relevant changes b/c of difference in metadata
+	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(ing.Status, ingOut.Status) {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected object: %s", cmp.Diff(ing.Status, ingOut.Status))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestShortNames(t *testing.T) {
 	storage, _, server := newStorage(t)
 	defer server.Terminate(t)
@@ -249,5 +287,3 @@ func TestShortNames(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := []string{"ing"}
 	registrytest.AssertShortNames(t, storage, expected)
 }
-
-// TODO TestUpdateStatus