diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
index 7ec41080051..d3d5c7d4258 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) syncDeployment(key string) error {
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	glog.V(4).Infof("Started syncing deployment %q (%v)", key, startTime)
 	defer func() {
-		glog.V(4).Infof("Finished syncing deployment %q (%v)", key, time.Now().Sub(startTime))
+		glog.V(4).Infof("Finished syncing deployment %q (%v)", key, time.Since(startTime))
 	}()
 
 	namespace, name, err := cache.SplitMetaNamespaceKey(key)
diff --git a/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_autoscaler_scalability.go b/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_autoscaler_scalability.go
index 7ebedfcf314..e993aa88e8a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_autoscaler_scalability.go
+++ b/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_autoscaler_scalability.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Cluster size autoscaler scalability [Slow]", fun
 			}
 			break
 		}
-		glog.Infof("Made nodes schedulable again in %v", time.Now().Sub(s).String())
+		glog.Infof("Made nodes schedulable again in %v", time.Since(s).String())
 	})
 
 	It("should scale up at all [Feature:ClusterAutoscalerScalability1]", func() {
diff --git a/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_size_autoscaling.go b/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_size_autoscaling.go
index b4516d0cd74..9f2d68be321 100644
--- a/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_size_autoscaling.go
+++ b/test/e2e/autoscaling/cluster_size_autoscaling.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Cluster size autoscaling [Slow]", func() {
 			}
 			break
 		}
-		glog.Infof("Made nodes schedulable again in %v", time.Now().Sub(s).String())
+		glog.Infof("Made nodes schedulable again in %v", time.Since(s).String())
 	})
 
 	It("shouldn't increase cluster size if pending pod is too large [Feature:ClusterSizeAutoscalingScaleUp]", func() {