diff --git a/pkg/controller/daemon/controller.go b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/controller/daemon/controller.go
rename to pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller.go
index 773ec4e3acd..b5063f79766 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/daemon/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller.go
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ func (dsc *DaemonSetsController) syncDaemonSet(key string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	dsNeedsSync := dsc.expectations.SatisfiedExpectations(dsKey)
-	if dsNeedsSync {
+	if dsNeedsSync && ds.DeletionTimestamp == nil {
 		dsc.manage(ds)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/daemon/controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go
similarity index 96%
rename from pkg/controller/daemon/controller_test.go
rename to pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go
index 090ae26aad4..5dd4048aa7d 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/daemon/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go
@@ -289,6 +289,24 @@ func TestSufficentCapacityNodeDaemonLaunchesPod(t *testing.T) {
 	syncAndValidateDaemonSets(t, manager, ds, podControl, 1, 0)
 }
 
+// DaemonSets not take any actions when being deleted
+func TestDontDoAnythingIfBeingDeleted(t *testing.T) {
+	podSpec := resourcePodSpec("not-too-much-mem", "75M", "75m")
+	manager, podControl := newTestController()
+	node := newNode("not-too-much-mem", nil)
+	node.Status.Allocatable = allocatableResources("200M", "200m")
+	manager.nodeStore.Add(node)
+	manager.podStore.Add(&api.Pod{
+		Spec: podSpec,
+	})
+	ds := newDaemonSet("foo")
+	ds.Spec.Template.Spec = podSpec
+	now := unversioned.Now()
+	ds.DeletionTimestamp = &now
+	manager.dsStore.Add(ds)
+	syncAndValidateDaemonSets(t, manager, ds, podControl, 0, 0)
+}
+
 // DaemonSets should not place onto nodes that would cause port conflicts
 func TestPortConflictNodeDaemonDoesNotLaunchPod(t *testing.T) {
 	podSpec := api.PodSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
index 4e1cc0206c0..8587334dacc 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
@@ -484,6 +484,10 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) syncDeployment(key string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if d.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
+		return dc.syncStatusOnly(d)
+	}
+
 	if d.Spec.Paused {
 		return dc.sync(d)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go
index 9ade955fff7..16d655dd2bb 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller_test.go
@@ -252,6 +252,17 @@ func TestSyncDeploymentCreatesReplicaSet(t *testing.T) {
 	f.run(getKey(d, t))
 }
 
+func TestSyncDeploymentDontDoAnythingDuringDeletion(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t)
+
+	d := newDeployment(1, nil)
+	now := unversioned.Now()
+	d.DeletionTimestamp = &now
+	f.dStore = append(f.dStore, d)
+
+	f.run(getKey(d, t))
+}
+
 // issue: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/23218
 func TestDeploymentController_dontSyncDeploymentsWithEmptyPodSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	fake := &fake.Clientset{}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/sync.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/sync.go
index f9b071217a5..a9f97b2757f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/sync.go
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ import (
 	rsutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/replicaset"
 )
 
+// syncStatusOnly only updates Deployments Status and doesn't take any mutating actions.
+func (dc *DeploymentController) syncStatusOnly(deployment *extensions.Deployment) error {
+	newRS, oldRSs, err := dc.getAllReplicaSetsAndSyncRevision(deployment, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	allRSs := append(oldRSs, newRS)
+	return dc.syncDeploymentStatus(allRSs, newRS, deployment)
+}
+
 // sync is responsible for reconciling deployments on scaling events or when they
 // are paused.
 func (dc *DeploymentController) sync(deployment *extensions.Deployment) error {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/controller.go b/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/controller/job/controller.go
rename to pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller.go
index a310c424f1c..46156d68794 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller.go
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func (jm *JobController) syncJob(key string) error {
 		job.Status.Conditions = append(job.Status.Conditions, newCondition(batch.JobFailed, "DeadlineExceeded", "Job was active longer than specified deadline"))
 		jm.recorder.Event(&job, api.EventTypeNormal, "DeadlineExceeded", "Job was active longer than specified deadline")
 	} else {
-		if jobNeedsSync {
+		if jobNeedsSync && job.DeletionTimestamp == nil {
 			active = jm.manageJob(activePods, succeeded, &job)
 		}
 		completions := succeeded
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller_test.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/controller/job/controller_test.go
rename to pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller_test.go
index 8a27478227f..bef44dd84b0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/jobcontroller_test.go
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 		// job setup
 		parallelism int32
 		completions int32
+		deleting    bool
 
 		// pod setup
 		podControllerError error
@@ -124,90 +125,95 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedComplete  bool
 	}{
 		"job start": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			nil, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 			2, 0, 2, 0, 0, false,
 		},
 		"WQ job start": {
-			2, -1,
+			2, -1, false,
 			nil, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 			2, 0, 2, 0, 0, false,
 		},
 		"pending pods": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			nil, 2, 0, 0, 0,
 			0, 0, 2, 0, 0, false,
 		},
 		"correct # of pods": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			nil, 0, 2, 0, 0,
 			0, 0, 2, 0, 0, false,
 		},
 		"WQ job: correct # of pods": {
-			2, -1,
+			2, -1, false,
 			nil, 0, 2, 0, 0,
 			0, 0, 2, 0, 0, false,
 		},
 		"too few active pods": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			nil, 0, 1, 1, 0,
 			1, 0, 2, 1, 0, false,
 		},
 		"too few active pods with a dynamic job": {
-			2, -1,
+			2, -1, false,
 			nil, 0, 1, 0, 0,
 			1, 0, 2, 0, 0, false,
 		},
 		"too few active pods, with controller error": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			fmt.Errorf("Fake error"), 0, 1, 1, 0,
 			0, 0, 1, 1, 0, false,
 		},
 		"too many active pods": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			nil, 0, 3, 0, 0,
 			0, 1, 2, 0, 0, false,
 		},
 		"too many active pods, with controller error": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			fmt.Errorf("Fake error"), 0, 3, 0, 0,
 			0, 0, 3, 0, 0, false,
 		},
 		"failed pod": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			nil, 0, 1, 1, 1,
 			1, 0, 2, 1, 1, false,
 		},
 		"job finish": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			nil, 0, 0, 5, 0,
 			0, 0, 0, 5, 0, true,
 		},
 		"WQ job finishing": {
-			2, -1,
+			2, -1, false,
 			nil, 0, 1, 1, 0,
 			0, 0, 1, 1, 0, false,
 		},
 		"WQ job all finished": {
-			2, -1,
+			2, -1, false,
 			nil, 0, 0, 2, 0,
 			0, 0, 0, 2, 0, true,
 		},
 		"WQ job all finished despite one failure": {
-			2, -1,
+			2, -1, false,
 			nil, 0, 0, 1, 1,
 			0, 0, 0, 1, 1, true,
 		},
 		"more active pods than completions": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			nil, 0, 10, 0, 0,
 			0, 8, 2, 0, 0, false,
 		},
 		"status change": {
-			2, 5,
+			2, 5, false,
 			nil, 0, 2, 2, 0,
 			0, 0, 2, 2, 0, false,
 		},
+		"deleting job": {
+			2, 5, true,
+			nil, 1, 1, 1, 0,
+			0, 0, 2, 1, 0, false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
@@ -225,6 +231,10 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// job & pods setup
 		job := newJob(tc.parallelism, tc.completions)
+		if tc.deleting {
+			now := unversioned.Now()
+			job.DeletionTimestamp = &now
+		}
 		manager.jobStore.Store.Add(job)
 		for _, pod := range newPodList(tc.pendingPods, api.PodPending, job) {
 			manager.podStore.Indexer.Add(&pod)