diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/installer.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
index 27ac14e3e1d..4a3c498671f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
@@ -716,7 +716,8 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 				Operation("delete"+namespaced+kind+strings.Title(subresource)+operationSuffix).
 				Produces(append(storageMeta.ProducesMIMETypes(action.Verb), mediaTypes...)...).
 				Writes(versionedStatus).
-				Returns(http.StatusOK, "OK", versionedStatus)
+				Returns(http.StatusOK, "OK", versionedStatus).
+				Returns(http.StatusAccepted, "Accepted", versionedStatus)
 			if isGracefulDeleter {
 				route.Reads(versionedDeleterObject)
 				if err := addObjectParams(ws, route, versionedDeleteOptions); err != nil {