diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/statefulset_utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/statefulset_utils.go
index 91d7c79b690..4ab4ad4d29a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/statefulset_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/statefulset_utils.go
@@ -265,14 +265,21 @@ func (s *StatefulSetTester) GetPodList(ss *apps.StatefulSet) *v1.PodList {
 
 // ConfirmStatefulPodCount asserts that the current number of Pods in ss is count waiting up to timeout for ss to
 // to scale to count.
-func (s *StatefulSetTester) ConfirmStatefulPodCount(count int, ss *apps.StatefulSet, timeout time.Duration) {
+func (s *StatefulSetTester) ConfirmStatefulPodCount(count int, ss *apps.StatefulSet, timeout time.Duration, hard bool) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	deadline := start.Add(timeout)
 	for t := time.Now(); t.Before(deadline); t = time.Now() {
 		podList := s.GetPodList(ss)
 		statefulPodCount := len(podList.Items)
 		if statefulPodCount != count {
-			Failf("StatefulSet %v scaled unexpectedly scaled to %d -> %d replicas: %+v", ss.Name, count, len(podList.Items), podList)
+			logPodStates(podList.Items)
+			if hard {
+				Failf("StatefulSet %v scaled unexpectedly scaled to %d -> %d replicas", ss.Name, count, len(podList.Items))
+			} else {
+				Logf("StatefulSet %v has not reached scale %d, at %d", ss.Name, count, statefulPodCount)
+			}
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+			continue
 		}
 		Logf("Verifying statefulset %v doesn't scale past %d for another %+v", ss.Name, count, deadline.Sub(t))
 		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
diff --git a/test/e2e/statefulset.go b/test/e2e/statefulset.go
index 432f2e4bee2..866d960b5a1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/statefulset.go
+++ b/test/e2e/statefulset.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 			sst.UpdateReplicas(ss, 1)
 
 			By("Verifying that the 2nd pod wont be removed if it is not running and ready")
-			sst.ConfirmStatefulPodCount(2, ss, 10*time.Second)
+			sst.ConfirmStatefulPodCount(2, ss, 10*time.Second, true)
 			expectedPodName := ss.Name + "-1"
 			expectedPod, err := f.ClientSet.Core().Pods(ns).Get(expectedPodName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 			sst.WaitForRunningAndNotReady(*ss.Spec.Replicas, ss)
 			sst.WaitForStatus(ss, 0)
 			sst.UpdateReplicas(ss, 3)
-			sst.ConfirmStatefulPodCount(1, ss, 10*time.Second)
+			sst.ConfirmStatefulPodCount(1, ss, 10*time.Second, true)
 
 			By("Scaling up stateful set " + ssName + " to 3 replicas and waiting until all of them will be running in namespace " + ns)
 			sst.RestoreProbe(ss, testProbe)
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 			sst.WaitForStatus(ss, 0)
 			sst.WaitForRunningAndNotReady(3, ss)
 			sst.UpdateReplicas(ss, 0)
-			sst.ConfirmStatefulPodCount(3, ss, 10*time.Second)
+			sst.ConfirmStatefulPodCount(3, ss, 10*time.Second, true)
 
 			By("Scaling down stateful set " + ssName + " to 0 replicas and waiting until none of pods will run in namespace" + ns)
 			sst.RestoreProbe(ss, testProbe)
@@ -422,6 +422,47 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 
+		It("Burst scaling should run to completion even with unhealthy pods", func() {
+			psLabels := klabels.Set(labels)
+
+			By("Creating stateful set " + ssName + " in namespace " + ns)
+			testProbe := &v1.Probe{Handler: v1.Handler{HTTPGet: &v1.HTTPGetAction{
+				Path: "/index.html",
+				Port: intstr.IntOrString{IntVal: 80}}}}
+			ss := framework.NewStatefulSet(ssName, ns, headlessSvcName, 1, nil, nil, psLabels)
+			ss.Spec.PodManagementPolicy = apps.ParallelPodManagement
+			ss.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].ReadinessProbe = testProbe
+			ss, err := c.Apps().StatefulSets(ns).Create(ss)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			By("Waiting until all stateful set " + ssName + " replicas will be running in namespace " + ns)
+			sst := framework.NewStatefulSetTester(c)
+			sst.WaitForRunningAndReady(*ss.Spec.Replicas, ss)
+
+			By("Confirming that stateful set scale up will not halt with unhealthy stateful pod")
+			sst.BreakProbe(ss, testProbe)
+			sst.WaitForRunningAndNotReady(*ss.Spec.Replicas, ss)
+			sst.WaitForStatus(ss, 0)
+			sst.UpdateReplicas(ss, 3)
+			sst.ConfirmStatefulPodCount(3, ss, 10*time.Second, false)
+
+			By("Scaling up stateful set " + ssName + " to 3 replicas and waiting until all of them will be running in namespace " + ns)
+			sst.RestoreProbe(ss, testProbe)
+			sst.WaitForRunningAndReady(3, ss)
+
+			By("Scale down will not halt with unhealthy stateful pod")
+			sst.BreakProbe(ss, testProbe)
+			sst.WaitForStatus(ss, 0)
+			sst.WaitForRunningAndNotReady(3, ss)
+			sst.UpdateReplicas(ss, 0)
+			sst.ConfirmStatefulPodCount(0, ss, 10*time.Second, false)
+
+			By("Scaling down stateful set " + ssName + " to 0 replicas and waiting until none of pods will run in namespace" + ns)
+			sst.RestoreProbe(ss, testProbe)
+			sst.Scale(ss, 0)
+			sst.WaitForStatus(ss, 0)
+		})
+
 		It("Should recreate evicted statefulset", func() {
 			podName := "test-pod"
 			statefulPodName := ssName + "-0"