diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
index ff91be56e30..4512a5d7e01 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ type DeploymentController struct {
 
 	// To allow injection of syncDeployment for testing.
 	syncHandler func(dKey string) error
+	// used for unit testing
+	enqueueDeployment func(deployment *extensions.Deployment)
 
 	// A store of deployments, populated by the dController
 	dLister *cache.StoreToDeploymentLister
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ func NewDeploymentController(dInformer informers.DeploymentInformer, rsInformer
 	})
 
 	dc.syncHandler = dc.syncDeployment
+	dc.enqueueDeployment = dc.enqueue
+
 	dc.dLister = dInformer.Lister()
 	dc.rsLister = rsInformer.Lister()
 	dc.podLister = podInformer.Lister()
@@ -343,7 +347,7 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) deletePod(obj interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (dc *DeploymentController) enqueueDeployment(deployment *extensions.Deployment) {
+func (dc *DeploymentController) enqueue(deployment *extensions.Deployment) {
 	key, err := controller.KeyFunc(deployment)
 	if err != nil {
 		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("Couldn't get key for object %#v: %v", deployment, err))
@@ -608,14 +612,27 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) handleOverlap(d *extensions.Deployment, deployme
 		// deployments if this one has been marked deleted, we only update its status as long
 		// as it is not actually deleted.
 		if foundOverlaps && d.DeletionTimestamp == nil {
+			overlapping = true
+			// Look at the overlapping annotation in both deployments. If one of them has it and points
+			// to the other one then we don't need to compare their timestamps.
+			otherOverlapsWith := otherD.Annotations[util.OverlapAnnotation]
+			currentOverlapsWith := d.Annotations[util.OverlapAnnotation]
+			// The other deployment is already marked as overlapping with the current one.
+			if otherOverlapsWith == d.Name {
+				var err error
+				if d, err = dc.clearDeploymentOverlap(d, otherD.Name); err != nil {
+					errs = append(errs, err)
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+
 			otherCopy, err := util.DeploymentDeepCopy(otherD)
 			if err != nil {
 				return false, err
 			}
-			overlapping = true
 
 			// Skip syncing this one if older overlapping one is found.
-			if util.SelectorUpdatedBefore(otherCopy, d) {
+			if currentOverlapsWith == otherCopy.Name || util.SelectorUpdatedBefore(otherCopy, d) {
 				if _, err = dc.markDeploymentOverlap(d, otherCopy.Name); err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go
index 069ad7499ca..6b2d6fa6aa4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package deployment
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/testing/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/deployment/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/informers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/uuid"
@@ -67,9 +69,10 @@ func newDeployment(name string, replicas int, revisionHistoryLimit *int32, maxSu
 	d := extensions.Deployment{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: api.Registry.GroupOrDie(extensions.GroupName).GroupVersion.String()},
 		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
-			UID:       uuid.NewUUID(),
-			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: v1.NamespaceDefault,
+			UID:         uuid.NewUUID(),
+			Name:        name,
+			Namespace:   v1.NamespaceDefault,
+			Annotations: make(map[string]string),
 		},
 		Spec: extensions.DeploymentSpec{
 			Strategy: extensions.DeploymentStrategy{
@@ -110,8 +113,10 @@ func newReplicaSet(d *extensions.Deployment, name string, replicas int) *extensi
 		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: v1.NamespaceDefault,
+			Labels:    d.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels,
 		},
 		Spec: extensions.ReplicaSetSpec{
+			Selector: d.Spec.Selector,
 			Replicas: func() *int32 { i := int32(replicas); return &i }(),
 			Template: d.Spec.Template,
 		},
@@ -142,10 +147,6 @@ type fixture struct {
 	objects []runtime.Object
 }
 
-func (f *fixture) expectUpdateDeploymentAction(d *extensions.Deployment) {
-	f.actions = append(f.actions, core.NewUpdateAction(schema.GroupVersionResource{Resource: "deployments"}, d.Namespace, d))
-}
-
 func (f *fixture) expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(d *extensions.Deployment) {
 	action := core.NewUpdateAction(schema.GroupVersionResource{Resource: "deployments"}, d.Namespace, d)
 	action.Subresource = "status"
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ func newFixture(t *testing.T) *fixture {
 	return f
 }
 
-func (f *fixture) run(deploymentName string) {
+func (f *fixture) newController() (*DeploymentController, informers.SharedInformerFactory) {
 	f.client = fake.NewSimpleClientset(f.objects...)
 	informers := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(f.client, nil, controller.NoResyncPeriodFunc())
 	c := NewDeploymentController(informers.Deployments(), informers.ReplicaSets(), informers.Pods(), f.client)
@@ -180,6 +181,11 @@ func (f *fixture) run(deploymentName string) {
 	for _, pod := range f.podLister {
 		c.podLister.Indexer.Add(pod)
 	}
+	return c, informers
+}
+
+func (f *fixture) run(deploymentName string) {
+	c, informers := f.newController()
 	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(stopCh)
 	informers.Start(stopCh)
@@ -218,7 +224,7 @@ func TestSyncDeploymentCreatesReplicaSet(t *testing.T) {
 	rs := newReplicaSet(d, "deploymentrs-4186632231", 1)
 
 	f.expectCreateRSAction(rs)
-	f.expectUpdateDeploymentAction(d)
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(d)
 	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(d)
 
 	f.run(getKey(d, t))
@@ -286,3 +292,276 @@ func filterInformerActions(actions []core.Action) []core.Action {
 
 	return ret
 }
+
+// TestOverlappingDeployment ensures that an overlapping deployment will not be synced by
+// the controller.
+func TestOverlappingDeployment(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t)
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	later := metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(time.Minute)}
+
+	foo := newDeployment("foo", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	foo.CreationTimestamp = now
+	bar := newDeployment("bar", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar", "app": "baz"})
+	bar.CreationTimestamp = later
+
+	f.dLister = append(f.dLister, foo, bar)
+	f.objects = append(f.objects, foo, bar)
+
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(bar)
+	f.run(getKey(bar, t))
+
+	for _, a := range filterInformerActions(f.client.Actions()) {
+		action, ok := a.(core.UpdateAction)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		d, ok := action.GetObject().(*extensions.Deployment)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		if d.Name == "bar" && d.Annotations[util.OverlapAnnotation] != "foo" {
+			t.Errorf("annotations weren't updated for the overlapping deployment: %v", d.Annotations)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSyncOverlappedDeployment ensures that from two overlapping deployments, the older
+// one will be synced and the newer will be marked as overlapping. Note that in reality it's
+// not always the older deployment that is the one that works vs the rest but the one which
+// has the selector unchanged for longer time.
+func TestSyncOverlappedDeployment(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t)
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	later := metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(time.Minute)}
+
+	foo := newDeployment("foo", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	foo.CreationTimestamp = now
+	bar := newDeployment("bar", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar", "app": "baz"})
+	bar.CreationTimestamp = later
+
+	f.dLister = append(f.dLister, foo, bar)
+	f.objects = append(f.objects, foo, bar)
+
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(bar)
+	f.expectCreateRSAction(newReplicaSet(foo, "foo-rs", 1))
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(foo)
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(foo)
+	f.run(getKey(foo, t))
+
+	for _, a := range filterInformerActions(f.client.Actions()) {
+		action, ok := a.(core.UpdateAction)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		d, ok := action.GetObject().(*extensions.Deployment)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		if d.Name == "bar" && d.Annotations[util.OverlapAnnotation] != "foo" {
+			t.Errorf("annotations weren't updated for the overlapping deployment: %v", d.Annotations)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSelectorUpdate ensures that from two overlapping deployments, the one that is working won't
+// be marked as overlapping if its selector is updated but still overlaps with the other one.
+func TestSelectorUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t)
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	later := metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(time.Minute)}
+	selectorUpdated := metav1.Time{Time: later.Add(time.Minute)}
+
+	foo := newDeployment("foo", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	foo.CreationTimestamp = now
+	foo.Annotations = map[string]string{util.SelectorUpdateAnnotation: selectorUpdated.Format(time.RFC3339)}
+	bar := newDeployment("bar", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar", "app": "baz"})
+	bar.CreationTimestamp = later
+	bar.Annotations = map[string]string{util.OverlapAnnotation: "foo"}
+
+	f.dLister = append(f.dLister, foo, bar)
+	f.objects = append(f.objects, foo, bar)
+
+	f.expectCreateRSAction(newReplicaSet(foo, "foo-rs", 1))
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(foo)
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(foo)
+	f.run(getKey(foo, t))
+
+	for _, a := range filterInformerActions(f.client.Actions()) {
+		action, ok := a.(core.UpdateAction)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		d, ok := action.GetObject().(*extensions.Deployment)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if d.Name == "foo" && len(d.Annotations[util.OverlapAnnotation]) > 0 {
+			t.Errorf("deployment %q should not have the overlapping annotation", d.Name)
+		}
+		if d.Name == "bar" && len(d.Annotations[util.OverlapAnnotation]) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("deployment %q should have the overlapping annotation", d.Name)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDeletedDeploymentShouldCleanupOverlaps ensures that the deletion of a deployment
+// will cleanup any deployments that overlap with it.
+func TestDeletedDeploymentShouldCleanupOverlaps(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t)
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	earlier := metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(-time.Minute)}
+	later := metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(time.Minute)}
+
+	foo := newDeployment("foo", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	foo.CreationTimestamp = earlier
+	foo.DeletionTimestamp = &now
+	bar := newDeployment("bar", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	bar.CreationTimestamp = later
+	bar.Annotations = map[string]string{util.OverlapAnnotation: "foo"}
+
+	f.dLister = append(f.dLister, foo, bar)
+	f.objects = append(f.objects, foo, bar)
+
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(bar)
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(foo)
+	f.run(getKey(foo, t))
+
+	for _, a := range filterInformerActions(f.client.Actions()) {
+		action, ok := a.(core.UpdateAction)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		d := action.GetObject().(*extensions.Deployment)
+		if d.Name != "bar" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if len(d.Annotations[util.OverlapAnnotation]) > 0 {
+			t.Errorf("annotations weren't cleaned up for the overlapping deployment: %v", d.Annotations)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDeletedDeploymentShouldNotCleanupOtherOverlaps ensures that the deletion of
+// a deployment will not cleanup deployments that overlap with another deployment.
+func TestDeletedDeploymentShouldNotCleanupOtherOverlaps(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t)
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	earlier := metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(-time.Minute)}
+	later := metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(time.Minute)}
+
+	foo := newDeployment("foo", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	foo.CreationTimestamp = earlier
+	foo.DeletionTimestamp = &now
+	bar := newDeployment("bar", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"bla": "bla"})
+	bar.CreationTimestamp = later
+	// Notice this deployment is overlapping with another deployment
+	bar.Annotations = map[string]string{util.OverlapAnnotation: "baz"}
+
+	f.dLister = append(f.dLister, foo, bar)
+	f.objects = append(f.objects, foo, bar)
+
+	f.expectUpdateDeploymentStatusAction(foo)
+	f.run(getKey(foo, t))
+
+	for _, a := range filterInformerActions(f.client.Actions()) {
+		action, ok := a.(core.UpdateAction)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		d := action.GetObject().(*extensions.Deployment)
+		if d.Name != "bar" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if len(d.Annotations[util.OverlapAnnotation]) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("overlapping annotation should not be cleaned up for bar: %v", d.Annotations)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPodDeletionEnqueuesRecreateDeployment ensures that the deletion of a pod
+// will requeue a Recreate deployment iff there is no other pod returned from the
+// client.
+func TestPodDeletionEnqueuesRecreateDeployment(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t)
+
+	foo := newDeployment("foo", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	foo.Spec.Strategy.Type = extensions.RecreateDeploymentStrategyType
+	rs := newReplicaSet(foo, "foo-1", 1)
+	pod := generatePodFromRS(rs)
+
+	f.dLister = append(f.dLister, foo)
+	f.rsLister = append(f.rsLister, rs)
+	f.objects = append(f.objects, foo, rs)
+
+	c, informers := f.newController()
+	enqueued := false
+	c.enqueueDeployment = func(d *extensions.Deployment) {
+		if d.Name == "foo" {
+			enqueued = true
+		}
+	}
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	defer close(stopCh)
+	informers.Start(stopCh)
+
+	c.deletePod(pod)
+
+	if !enqueued {
+		t.Errorf("expected deployment %q to be queued after pod deletion", foo.Name)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPodDeletionDoesntEnqueueRecreateDeployment ensures that the deletion of a pod
+// will not requeue a Recreate deployment iff there are other pods returned from the
+// client.
+func TestPodDeletionDoesntEnqueueRecreateDeployment(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t)
+
+	foo := newDeployment("foo", 1, nil, nil, nil, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	foo.Spec.Strategy.Type = extensions.RecreateDeploymentStrategyType
+	rs := newReplicaSet(foo, "foo-1", 1)
+	pod := generatePodFromRS(rs)
+
+	f.dLister = append(f.dLister, foo)
+	f.rsLister = append(f.rsLister, rs)
+	// Let's pretend this is a different pod. The gist is that the pod lister needs to
+	// return a non-empty list.
+	f.podLister = append(f.podLister, pod)
+
+	c, informers := f.newController()
+	enqueued := false
+	c.enqueueDeployment = func(d *extensions.Deployment) {
+		if d.Name == "foo" {
+			enqueued = true
+		}
+	}
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	defer close(stopCh)
+	informers.Start(stopCh)
+
+	c.deletePod(pod)
+
+	if enqueued {
+		t.Errorf("expected deployment %q not to be queued after pod deletion", foo.Name)
+	}
+}
+
+// generatePodFromRS creates a pod, with the input ReplicaSet's selector and its template
+func generatePodFromRS(rs *extensions.ReplicaSet) *v1.Pod {
+	trueVar := true
+	return &v1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      rs.Name + "-pod",
+			Namespace: rs.Namespace,
+			Labels:    rs.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels,
+			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
+				{UID: rs.UID, APIVersion: "v1beta1", Kind: "ReplicaSet", Name: rs.Name, Controller: &trueVar},
+			},
+		},
+		Spec: rs.Spec.Template.Spec,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util.go
index 0cb1dc4e641..9fe963a914f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util.go
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ func DeploymentDeepCopy(deployment *extensions.Deployment) (*extensions.Deployme
 }
 
 // SelectorUpdatedBefore returns true if the former deployment's selector
-// is updated before the latter, false otherwise
+// is updated before the latter, false otherwise.
 func SelectorUpdatedBefore(d1, d2 *extensions.Deployment) bool {
 	t1, t2 := LastSelectorUpdate(d1), LastSelectorUpdate(d2)
 	return t1.Before(t2)
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ func SelectorUpdatedBefore(d1, d2 *extensions.Deployment) bool {
 func LastSelectorUpdate(d *extensions.Deployment) metav1.Time {
 	t := d.Annotations[SelectorUpdateAnnotation]
 	if len(t) > 0 {
-		parsedTime, err := time.Parse(t, time.RFC3339)
+		parsedTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, t)
 		// If failed to parse the time, use creation timestamp instead
 		if err != nil {
 			return d.CreationTimestamp
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util_test.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util_test.go
index f893c255ff7..666c9b2c0d0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util_test.go
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ func generateDeployment(image string) extensions.Deployment {
 	terminationSec := int64(30)
 	return extensions.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: image,
+			Name:        image,
+			Annotations: make(map[string]string),
 		},
 		Spec: extensions.DeploymentSpec{
 			Replicas: func(i int32) *int32 { return &i }(1),
@@ -621,7 +622,6 @@ func TestGetReplicaCountForReplicaSets(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestResolveFenceposts(t *testing.T) {
-
 	tests := []struct {
 		maxSurge          string
 		maxUnavailable    string
@@ -1103,3 +1103,111 @@ func TestDeploymentTimedOut(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSelectorUpdatedBefore(t *testing.T) {
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	later := metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(time.Minute)}
+	selectorUpdated := metav1.Time{Time: later.Add(time.Minute)}
+	selectorUpdatedLater := metav1.Time{Time: selectorUpdated.Add(time.Minute)}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+
+		d1                 extensions.Deployment
+		creationTimestamp1 *metav1.Time
+		selectorUpdated1   *metav1.Time
+
+		d2                 extensions.Deployment
+		creationTimestamp2 *metav1.Time
+		selectorUpdated2   *metav1.Time
+
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "d1 created before d2",
+
+			d1:                 generateDeployment("foo"),
+			creationTimestamp1: &now,
+
+			d2:                 generateDeployment("bar"),
+			creationTimestamp2: &later,
+
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "d1 created after d2",
+
+			d1:                 generateDeployment("foo"),
+			creationTimestamp1: &later,
+
+			d2:                 generateDeployment("bar"),
+			creationTimestamp2: &now,
+
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Think of the following scenario:
+			// d1 is created first, d2 is created after and its selector overlaps
+			// with d1. d2 is marked as overlapping correctly. If d1's selector is
+			// updated and continues to overlap with the selector of d2 then d1 is
+			// now marked overlapping and d2 is cleaned up. Proved by the following
+			// test case. Callers of SelectorUpdatedBefore should first check for
+			// the existence of the overlapping annotation in any of the two deployments
+			// prior to comparing their timestamps and as a matter of fact this is
+			// now handled in `(dc *DeploymentController) handleOverlap`.
+			name: "d1 created before d2 but updated its selector afterwards",
+
+			d1:                 generateDeployment("foo"),
+			creationTimestamp1: &now,
+			selectorUpdated1:   &selectorUpdated,
+
+			d2:                 generateDeployment("bar"),
+			creationTimestamp2: &later,
+
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "d1 selector is older than d2",
+
+			d1:               generateDeployment("foo"),
+			selectorUpdated1: &selectorUpdated,
+
+			d2:               generateDeployment("bar"),
+			selectorUpdated2: &selectorUpdatedLater,
+
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "d1 selector is younger than d2",
+
+			d1:               generateDeployment("foo"),
+			selectorUpdated1: &selectorUpdatedLater,
+
+			d2:               generateDeployment("bar"),
+			selectorUpdated2: &selectorUpdated,
+
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Logf("running scenario %q", test.name)
+
+		if test.creationTimestamp1 != nil {
+			test.d1.CreationTimestamp = *test.creationTimestamp1
+		}
+		if test.creationTimestamp2 != nil {
+			test.d2.CreationTimestamp = *test.creationTimestamp2
+		}
+		if test.selectorUpdated1 != nil {
+			test.d1.Annotations[SelectorUpdateAnnotation] = test.selectorUpdated1.Format(time.RFC3339)
+		}
+		if test.selectorUpdated2 != nil {
+			test.d2.Annotations[SelectorUpdateAnnotation] = test.selectorUpdated2.Format(time.RFC3339)
+		}
+
+		if got := SelectorUpdatedBefore(&test.d1, &test.d2); got != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("expected d1 selector to be updated before d2: %t, got: %t", test.expected, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/deployment.go b/test/e2e/deployment.go
index 149c58ce7b6..ca7fc740e08 100644
--- a/test/e2e/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/deployment.go
@@ -1194,27 +1194,27 @@ func testOverlappingDeployment(f *framework.Framework) {
 	podLabels = map[string]string{"name": nginxImageName}
 	By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating deployment %q", deploymentName))
 	d = newDeployment(deploymentName, replicas, podLabels, nginxImageName, nginxImage, extensions.RollingUpdateDeploymentStrategyType, nil)
-	deployLater, err := c.Extensions().Deployments(ns).Create(d)
+	thirdDeployment, err := c.Extensions().Deployments(ns).Create(d)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed creating the third deployment")
 
 	// Wait for it to be updated to revision 1
-	err = framework.WaitForDeploymentRevisionAndImage(c, ns, deployLater.Name, "1", nginxImage)
+	err = framework.WaitForDeploymentRevisionAndImage(c, ns, thirdDeployment.Name, "1", nginxImage)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "The third deployment failed to update to revision 1")
 
 	// Update the second deployment's selector to make it overlap with the third deployment
 	By(fmt.Sprintf("Updating deployment %q selector to make it overlap with existing one", deployOverlapping.Name))
 	deployOverlapping, err = framework.UpdateDeploymentWithRetries(c, ns, deployOverlapping.Name, func(update *extensions.Deployment) {
-		update.Spec.Selector = deployLater.Spec.Selector
-		update.Spec.Template.Labels = deployLater.Spec.Template.Labels
+		update.Spec.Selector = thirdDeployment.Spec.Selector
+		update.Spec.Template.Labels = thirdDeployment.Spec.Template.Labels
 		update.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image = redisImage
 	})
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 	// Wait for overlapping annotation updated to both deployments
-	By("Waiting for the third deployment to have the overlapping annotation")
-	err = framework.WaitForOverlappingAnnotationMatch(c, ns, deployLater.Name, deployOverlapping.Name)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to update the third deployment's overlapping annotation")
-	err = framework.WaitForOverlappingAnnotationMatch(c, ns, deployOverlapping.Name, "")
+	By("Waiting for the second deployment to have the overlapping annotation")
+	err = framework.WaitForOverlappingAnnotationMatch(c, ns, deployOverlapping.Name, thirdDeployment.Name)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to update the second deployment's overlapping annotation")
+	err = framework.WaitForOverlappingAnnotationMatch(c, ns, thirdDeployment.Name, "")
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "The deployment that holds the oldest selector shouldn't have the overlapping annotation")
 
 	// The second deployment shouldn't be synced