diff --git a/test/e2e/deployment.go b/test/e2e/deployment.go
index bdc20716ae2..ffbf6f3dbf9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/deployment.go
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ func testRollingUpdateDeploymentEvents(f *Framework) {
 	ns := f.Namespace.Name
 	c := f.Client
 	// Create nginx pods.
-	deploymentPodLabels := map[string]string{"name": "sample-pod"}
+	deploymentPodLabels := map[string]string{"name": "sample-pod-2"}
 	rcPodLabels := map[string]string{
-		"name": "sample-pod",
+		"name": "sample-pod-2",
 		"pod":  "nginx",
 	}
 	rcName := "nginx-controller"
@@ -224,14 +224,14 @@ func testRollingUpdateDeploymentEvents(f *Framework) {
 		Expect(c.ReplicationControllers(ns).Delete(rcName)).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	}()
 	// Verify that the required pods have come up.
-	err = verifyPods(c, ns, "sample-pod", false, 1)
+	err = verifyPods(c, ns, "sample-pod-2", false, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		Logf("error in waiting for pods to come up: %s", err)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	}
 
 	// Create a deployment to delete nginx pods and instead bring up redis pods.
-	deploymentName := "redis-deployment"
+	deploymentName := "redis-deployment-2"
 	Logf("Creating deployment %s", deploymentName)
 	newDeployment := extensions.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{