diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go b/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go
index ea4eff9ff2d..b5e65375948 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/handlers.go
@@ -19,15 +19,11 @@ package apiserver
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"runtime/debug"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/auth/authorizer"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/httplog"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
 )
 
@@ -70,41 +66,6 @@ func ReadOnly(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	})
 }
 
-// RecoverPanics wraps an http Handler to recover and log panics.
-func RecoverPanics(handler http.Handler, resolver *RequestInfoResolver) http.Handler {
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-		defer runtime.HandleCrash(func(err interface{}) {
-			http.Error(w, "This request caused apisever to panic. Look in log for details.", http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			glog.Errorf("APIServer panic'd on %v %v: %v\n%s\n", req.Method, req.RequestURI, err, debug.Stack())
-		})
-
-		logger := httplog.NewLogged(req, &w)
-		requestInfo, err := resolver.GetRequestInfo(req)
-		if err != nil || requestInfo.Verb != "proxy" {
-			logger.StacktraceWhen(
-				httplog.StatusIsNot(
-					http.StatusOK,
-					http.StatusCreated,
-					http.StatusAccepted,
-					http.StatusBadRequest,
-					http.StatusMovedPermanently,
-					http.StatusTemporaryRedirect,
-					http.StatusConflict,
-					http.StatusNotFound,
-					http.StatusUnauthorized,
-					http.StatusForbidden,
-					http.StatusNotModified,
-					errors.StatusUnprocessableEntity,
-					http.StatusSwitchingProtocols,
-				),
-			)
-		}
-		defer logger.Log()
-		// Dispatch to the internal handler
-		handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
-	})
-}
-
 // RequestAttributeGetter is a function that extracts authorizer.Attributes from an http.Request
 type RequestAttributeGetter interface {
 	GetAttribs(req *http.Request) (attribs authorizer.Attributes)
diff --git a/pkg/genericapiserver/config.go b/pkg/genericapiserver/config.go
index 3c4113f20b0..8d367cac584 100644
--- a/pkg/genericapiserver/config.go
+++ b/pkg/genericapiserver/config.go
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func (s *GenericAPIServer) buildHandlerChains(c *Config, handler http.Handler) (
 	// insecure filters
 	insecure = handler
 	insecure = api.WithRequestContext(insecure, c.RequestContextMapper)
-	insecure = apiserver.RecoverPanics(insecure, s.NewRequestInfoResolver())
+	insecure = genericfilters.WithPanicRecovery(insecure, s.NewRequestInfoResolver())
 	insecure = genericfilters.WithTimeoutForNonLongRunningRequests(insecure, longRunningFunc)
 
 	// secure filters
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func (s *GenericAPIServer) buildHandlerChains(c *Config, handler http.Handler) (
 	secure = audit.WithAudit(secure, attributeGetter, s.auditWriter) // before impersonation to read original user
 	secure = authhandlers.WithAuthentication(secure, c.RequestContextMapper, c.Authenticator, authhandlers.Unauthorized(c.SupportsBasicAuth))
 	secure = api.WithRequestContext(secure, c.RequestContextMapper)
-	secure = apiserver.RecoverPanics(secure, s.NewRequestInfoResolver())
+	secure = genericfilters.WithPanicRecovery(secure, s.NewRequestInfoResolver())
 	secure = genericfilters.WithTimeoutForNonLongRunningRequests(secure, longRunningFunc)
 	secure = genericfilters.WithMaxInFlightLimit(secure, c.MaxRequestsInFlight, longRunningFunc)
 
diff --git a/pkg/genericapiserver/filters/panics.go b/pkg/genericapiserver/filters/panics.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91470b6bf7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/genericapiserver/filters/panics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package filters
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"runtime/debug"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apiserver"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/httplog"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/runtime"
+)
+
+// WithPanicRecovery wraps an http Handler to recover and log panics.
+func WithPanicRecovery(handler http.Handler, resolver *apiserver.RequestInfoResolver) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		defer runtime.HandleCrash(func(err interface{}) {
+			http.Error(w, "This request caused apisever to panic. Look in log for details.", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			glog.Errorf("APIServer panic'd on %v %v: %v\n%s\n", req.Method, req.RequestURI, err, debug.Stack())
+		})
+
+		logger := httplog.NewLogged(req, &w)
+		requestInfo, err := resolver.GetRequestInfo(req)
+		if err != nil || requestInfo.Verb != "proxy" {
+			logger.StacktraceWhen(
+				httplog.StatusIsNot(
+					http.StatusOK,
+					http.StatusCreated,
+					http.StatusAccepted,
+					http.StatusBadRequest,
+					http.StatusMovedPermanently,
+					http.StatusTemporaryRedirect,
+					http.StatusConflict,
+					http.StatusNotFound,
+					http.StatusUnauthorized,
+					http.StatusForbidden,
+					http.StatusNotModified,
+					errors.StatusUnprocessableEntity,
+					http.StatusSwitchingProtocols,
+				),
+			)
+		}
+		defer logger.Log()
+		// Dispatch to the internal handler
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+	})
+}