diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
index c73e405347b..6d4e4667934 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
@@ -1922,12 +1922,9 @@ func (dd *DeploymentDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string, describerSetting
 			ru := d.Spec.Strategy.RollingUpdate
 			fmt.Fprintf(out, "RollingUpdateStrategy:\t%s max unavailable, %s max surge\n", ru.MaxUnavailable.String(), ru.MaxSurge.String())
 		}
-		oldRSs, _, err := deploymentutil.GetOldReplicaSets(d, dd)
+		oldRSs, _, newRS, err := deploymentutil.GetAllReplicaSets(d, dd)
 		if err == nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(out, "OldReplicaSets:\t%s\n", printReplicaSetsByLabels(oldRSs))
-		}
-		newRS, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(d, dd)
-		if err == nil {
 			var newRSs []*extensions.ReplicaSet
 			if newRS != nil {
 				newRSs = append(newRSs, newRS)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/history.go b/pkg/kubectl/history.go
index 938f0329508..0e81ebf2819 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/history.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/history.go
@@ -66,13 +66,9 @@ func (h *DeploymentHistoryViewer) History(namespace, name string) (HistoryInfo,
 	if err != nil {
 		return historyInfo, fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve deployment %s: %v", name, err)
 	}
-	_, allOldRSs, err := deploymentutil.GetOldReplicaSets(deployment, h.c)
+	_, allOldRSs, newRS, err := deploymentutil.GetAllReplicaSets(deployment, h.c)
 	if err != nil {
-		return historyInfo, fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve old replica sets from deployment %s: %v", name, err)
-	}
-	newRS, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(deployment, h.c)
-	if err != nil {
-		return historyInfo, fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve new replica set from deployment %s: %v", name, err)
+		return historyInfo, fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve replica sets from deployment %s: %v", name, err)
 	}
 	allRSs := allOldRSs
 	if newRS != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go b/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go
index 9df49a2d8bc..0c348657401 100644
--- a/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/util/deployment/deployment.go
@@ -47,23 +47,39 @@ const (
 	RollbackDone              = "DeploymentRollback"
 )
 
+// GetAllReplicaSets returns the old and new replica sets targeted by the given Deployment. It gets PodList and ReplicaSetList from client interface.
+// Note that the first set of old replica sets doesn't include the ones with no pods, and the second set of old replica sets include all old replica sets.
+// The third returned value is the new replica set, and it may be nil if it doesn't exist yet.
+func GetAllReplicaSets(deployment *extensions.Deployment, c clientset.Interface) ([]*extensions.ReplicaSet, []*extensions.ReplicaSet, *extensions.ReplicaSet, error) {
+	rsList, err := listReplicaSets(deployment, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, err
+	}
+	podList, err := listPods(deployment, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, err
+	}
+	oldRSes, allOldRSes, err := FindOldReplicaSets(deployment, rsList, podList)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, err
+	}
+	newRS, err := FindNewReplicaSet(deployment, rsList)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, err
+	}
+	return oldRSes, allOldRSes, newRS, nil
+}
+
 // GetOldReplicaSets returns the old replica sets targeted by the given Deployment; get PodList and ReplicaSetList from client interface.
 // Note that the first set of old replica sets doesn't include the ones with no pods, and the second set of old replica sets include all old replica sets.
 func GetOldReplicaSets(deployment *extensions.Deployment, c clientset.Interface) ([]*extensions.ReplicaSet, []*extensions.ReplicaSet, error) {
-	rsList, err := ListReplicaSets(deployment,
-		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) ([]extensions.ReplicaSet, error) {
-			rsList, err := c.Extensions().ReplicaSets(namespace).List(options)
-			return rsList.Items, err
-		})
+	rsList, err := listReplicaSets(deployment, c)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error listing ReplicaSets: %v", err)
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	podList, err := ListPods(deployment,
-		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) (*api.PodList, error) {
-			return c.Core().Pods(namespace).List(options)
-		})
+	podList, err := listPods(deployment, c)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error listing Pods: %v", err)
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	return FindOldReplicaSets(deployment, rsList, podList)
 }
@@ -71,15 +87,28 @@ func GetOldReplicaSets(deployment *extensions.Deployment, c clientset.Interface)
 // GetNewReplicaSet returns a replica set that matches the intent of the given deployment; get ReplicaSetList from client interface.
 // Returns nil if the new replica set doesn't exist yet.
 func GetNewReplicaSet(deployment *extensions.Deployment, c clientset.Interface) (*extensions.ReplicaSet, error) {
-	rsList, err := ListReplicaSets(deployment,
+	rsList, err := listReplicaSets(deployment, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return FindNewReplicaSet(deployment, rsList)
+}
+
+// listReplicaSets lists all RSes the given deployment targets with the given client interface.
+func listReplicaSets(deployment *extensions.Deployment, c clientset.Interface) ([]extensions.ReplicaSet, error) {
+	return ListReplicaSets(deployment,
 		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) ([]extensions.ReplicaSet, error) {
 			rsList, err := c.Extensions().ReplicaSets(namespace).List(options)
 			return rsList.Items, err
 		})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error listing ReplicaSets: %v", err)
-	}
-	return FindNewReplicaSet(deployment, rsList)
+}
+
+// listReplicaSets lists all Pods the given deployment targets with the given client interface.
+func listPods(deployment *extensions.Deployment, c clientset.Interface) (*api.PodList, error) {
+	return ListPods(deployment,
+		func(namespace string, options api.ListOptions) (*api.PodList, error) {
+			return c.Core().Pods(namespace).List(options)
+		})
 }
 
 // TODO: switch this to full namespacers
diff --git a/test/e2e/deployment.go b/test/e2e/deployment.go
index 81b7c7c9287..e3ce387e68a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/deployment.go
@@ -927,13 +927,11 @@ func testDeploymentLabelAdopted(f *framework.Framework) {
 	// There should be no old RSs (overlapping RS)
 	deployment, err := c.Extensions().Deployments(ns).Get(deploymentName)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	oldRSs, allOldRSs, err := deploymentutil.GetOldReplicaSets(deployment, c)
+	oldRSs, allOldRSs, newRS, err := deploymentutil.GetAllReplicaSets(deployment, c)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	Expect(len(oldRSs)).Should(Equal(0))
 	Expect(len(allOldRSs)).Should(Equal(0))
 	// New RS should contain pod-template-hash in its selector, label, and template label
-	newRS, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(deployment, c)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	err = framework.CheckRSHashLabel(newRS)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	// All pods targeted by the deployment should contain pod-template-hash in their labels, and there should be only 3 pods
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index 6af23b2a628..20a18c0fe10 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -2863,11 +2863,7 @@ func WaitForDeploymentStatus(c clientset.Interface, ns, deploymentName string, d
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
-		oldRSs, allOldRSs, err = deploymentutil.GetOldReplicaSets(deployment, c)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-		newRS, err = deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(deployment, c)
+		oldRSs, allOldRSs, newRS, err = deploymentutil.GetAllReplicaSets(deployment, c)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}