diff --git a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/plugin_test.go b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/plugin_test.go
index 22fc5c87fc0..c8fea700210 100644
--- a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/plugin_test.go
+++ b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/plugin_test.go
@@ -450,7 +450,10 @@ func newLifecycleTest(t *testing.T) lifecycleTest {
 
 	// create scheduler
 	strategy := NewAllocationStrategy(
-		podtask.DefaultPredicate,
+		podtask.NewDefaultPredicate(
+			mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerCPULimit,
+			mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerMemLimit,
+		),
 		podtask.NewDefaultProcurement(
 			mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerCPULimit,
 			mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerMemLimit,
diff --git a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/podtask/pod_task_test.go b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/podtask/pod_task_test.go
index 6f15565098c..710485b1eb1 100644
--- a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/podtask/pod_task_test.go
+++ b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/podtask/pod_task_test.go
@@ -143,13 +143,11 @@ func TestEmptyOffer(t *testing.T) {
 		}},
 	}
 
-	mresource.LimitPodCPU(&task.Pod, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerCPULimit)
-	mresource.LimitPodMem(&task.Pod, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerMemLimit)
-
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, nil, nil); ok {
+	defaultPredicate := NewDefaultPredicate(mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerCPULimit, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerMemLimit)
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, nil, nil); ok {
 		t.Fatalf("accepted nil offer")
 	}
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, &mesos.Offer{}, nil); ok {
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, &mesos.Offer{}, nil); ok {
 		t.Fatalf("accepted empty offer")
 	}
 }
@@ -167,8 +165,7 @@ func TestNoPortsInPodOrOffer(t *testing.T) {
 		}},
 	}
 
-	mresource.LimitPodCPU(&task.Pod, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerCPULimit)
-	mresource.LimitPodMem(&task.Pod, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerMemLimit)
+	defaultPredicate := NewDefaultPredicate(mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerCPULimit, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerMemLimit)
 
 	offer := &mesos.Offer{
 		Resources: []*mesos.Resource{
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ func TestNoPortsInPodOrOffer(t *testing.T) {
 			mutil.NewScalarResource("mem", 0.001),
 		},
 	}
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); ok {
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); ok {
 		t.Fatalf("accepted offer %v:", offer)
 	}
 
@@ -186,7 +183,7 @@ func TestNoPortsInPodOrOffer(t *testing.T) {
 			mutil.NewScalarResource("mem", t_min_mem),
 		},
 	}
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); !ok {
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("did not accepted offer %v:", offer)
 	}
 }
@@ -196,6 +193,8 @@ func TestAcceptOfferPorts(t *testing.T) {
 	task, _ := fakePodTask("foo")
 	pod := &task.Pod
 
+	defaultPredicate := NewDefaultPredicate(mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerCPULimit, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerMemLimit)
+
 	offer := &mesos.Offer{
 		Resources: []*mesos.Resource{
 			mutil.NewScalarResource("cpus", t_min_cpu),
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ func TestAcceptOfferPorts(t *testing.T) {
 			rangeResource("ports", []uint64{1, 1}),
 		},
 	}
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); !ok {
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("did not accepted offer %v:", offer)
 	}
 
@@ -215,20 +214,17 @@ func TestAcceptOfferPorts(t *testing.T) {
 		}},
 	}
 
-	mresource.LimitPodCPU(&task.Pod, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerCPULimit)
-	mresource.LimitPodMem(&task.Pod, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerMemLimit)
-
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); ok {
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); ok {
 		t.Fatalf("accepted offer %v:", offer)
 	}
 
 	pod.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[0].HostPort = 1
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); !ok {
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("did not accepted offer %v:", offer)
 	}
 
 	pod.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[0].HostPort = 0
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); !ok {
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("did not accepted offer %v:", offer)
 	}
 
@@ -236,12 +232,12 @@ func TestAcceptOfferPorts(t *testing.T) {
 		mutil.NewScalarResource("cpus", t_min_cpu),
 		mutil.NewScalarResource("mem", t_min_mem),
 	}
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); ok {
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); ok {
 		t.Fatalf("accepted offer %v:", offer)
 	}
 
 	pod.Spec.Containers[0].Ports[0].HostPort = 1
-	if ok := DefaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); ok {
+	if ok := defaultPredicate(task, offer, nil); ok {
 		t.Fatalf("accepted offer %v:", offer)
 	}
 }
@@ -326,6 +322,8 @@ func TestNodeSelector(t *testing.T) {
 		{map[string]string{"some.other/label": "43"}, node3, true, "non-slave attribute matches"},
 	}
 
+	defaultPredicate := NewDefaultPredicate(mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerCPULimit, mresource.DefaultDefaultContainerMemLimit)
+
 	for _, ts := range tests {
 		task, _ := fakePodTask("foo")
 		task.Pod.Spec.NodeSelector = ts.selector
@@ -336,7 +334,7 @@ func TestNodeSelector(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Hostname: &ts.node.Name,
 		}
-		if got, want := DefaultPredicate(task, offer, ts.node), ts.ok; got != want {
+		if got, want := defaultPredicate(task, offer, ts.node), ts.ok; got != want {
 			t.Fatalf("expected acceptance of offer for selector %v to be %v, got %v: %q", ts.selector, want, got, ts.desc)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/podtask/predicate.go b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/podtask/predicate.go
index 25667e3d2c1..98da6ee7a89 100644
--- a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/podtask/predicate.go
+++ b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/podtask/predicate.go
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 )
 
-var DefaultPredicate = RequireAllPredicate([]FitPredicate{
-	ValidationPredicate,
-	NodeSelectorPredicate,
-	PodFitsResourcesPredicate,
-	PortsPredicate,
-}).Fit
+func NewDefaultPredicate(c mresource.CPUShares, m mresource.MegaBytes) FitPredicate {
+	return RequireAllPredicate([]FitPredicate{
+		ValidationPredicate,
+		NodeSelectorPredicate,
+		NewPodFitsResourcesPredicate(c, m),
+		PortsPredicate,
+	}).Fit
+}
 
 // FitPredicate implementations determine if the given task "fits" into offered Mesos resources.
 // Neither the task or offer should be modified. Note that the node can be nil.
@@ -78,31 +80,33 @@ func PortsPredicate(t *T, offer *mesos.Offer, _ *api.Node) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func PodFitsResourcesPredicate(t *T, offer *mesos.Offer, _ *api.Node) bool {
-	// find offered cpu and mem
-	var (
-		offeredCpus mresource.CPUShares
-		offeredMem  mresource.MegaBytes
-	)
-	for _, resource := range offer.Resources {
-		if resource.GetName() == "cpus" {
-			offeredCpus = mresource.CPUShares(*resource.GetScalar().Value)
+func NewPodFitsResourcesPredicate(c mresource.CPUShares, m mresource.MegaBytes) func(t *T, offer *mesos.Offer, _ *api.Node) bool {
+	return func(t *T, offer *mesos.Offer, _ *api.Node) bool {
+		// find offered cpu and mem
+		var (
+			offeredCpus mresource.CPUShares
+			offeredMem  mresource.MegaBytes
+		)
+		for _, resource := range offer.Resources {
+			if resource.GetName() == "cpus" {
+				offeredCpus = mresource.CPUShares(*resource.GetScalar().Value)
+			}
+
+			if resource.GetName() == "mem" {
+				offeredMem = mresource.MegaBytes(*resource.GetScalar().Value)
+			}
 		}
 
-		if resource.GetName() == "mem" {
-			offeredMem = mresource.MegaBytes(*resource.GetScalar().Value)
+		// calculate cpu and mem sum over all containers of the pod
+		// TODO (@sttts): also support pod.spec.resources.limit.request
+		// TODO (@sttts): take into account the executor resources
+		cpu := mresource.CPUForPod(&t.Pod, c)
+		mem := mresource.MemForPod(&t.Pod, m)
+		log.V(4).Infof("trying to match offer with pod %v/%v: cpus: %.2f mem: %.2f MB", t.Pod.Namespace, t.Pod.Name, cpu, mem)
+		if (cpu > offeredCpus) || (mem > offeredMem) {
+			log.V(3).Infof("not enough resources for pod %v/%v: cpus: %.2f mem: %.2f MB", t.Pod.Namespace, t.Pod.Name, cpu, mem)
+			return false
 		}
+		return true
 	}
-
-	// calculate cpu and mem sum over all containers of the pod
-	// TODO (@sttts): also support pod.spec.resources.limit.request
-	// TODO (@sttts): take into account the executor resources
-	cpu := mresource.PodCPULimit(&t.Pod)
-	mem := mresource.PodMemLimit(&t.Pod)
-	log.V(4).Infof("trying to match offer with pod %v/%v: cpus: %.2f mem: %.2f MB", t.Pod.Namespace, t.Pod.Name, cpu, mem)
-	if (cpu > offeredCpus) || (mem > offeredMem) {
-		log.V(3).Infof("not enough resources for pod %v/%v: cpus: %.2f mem: %.2f MB", t.Pod.Namespace, t.Pod.Name, cpu, mem)
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
 }
diff --git a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/service/service.go b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/service/service.go
index 119a46ddbf6..a097d4ed77a 100644
--- a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/service/service.go
+++ b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/service/service.go
@@ -678,8 +678,15 @@ func (s *SchedulerServer) bootstrap(hks hyperkube.Interface, sc *schedcfg.Config
 	}
 
 	as := scheduler.NewAllocationStrategy(
-		podtask.DefaultPredicate,
-		podtask.NewDefaultProcurement(s.DefaultContainerCPULimit, s.DefaultContainerMemLimit))
+		podtask.NewDefaultPredicate(
+			s.DefaultContainerCPULimit,
+			s.DefaultContainerMemLimit,
+		),
+		podtask.NewDefaultProcurement(
+			s.DefaultContainerCPULimit,
+			s.DefaultContainerMemLimit,
+		),
+	)
 
 	// downgrade allocation strategy if user disables "account-for-pod-resources"
 	if !s.AccountForPodResources {