diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/helpers.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/helpers.go
index 910f9bd2737..b4dc78b3eaa 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/helpers.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/helpers.go
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ func NewUIDPreconditions(uid string) *Preconditions {
 	return &Preconditions{UID: &u}
 }
 
-// NewPreconditionDeleteOptionsWithResourceVersion returns a DeleteOptions with a ResourceVersion precondition set.
-func NewPreconditionDeleteOptionsWithResourceVersion(rv string) *DeleteOptions {
+// NewRVDeletionPrecondition returns a DeleteOptions with a ResourceVersion precondition set.
+func NewRVDeletionPrecondition(rv string) *DeleteOptions {
 	p := Preconditions{ResourceVersion: &rv}
 	return &DeleteOptions{Preconditions: &p}
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go
index 4316592f467..f29f4325b6b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go
@@ -921,13 +921,15 @@ func (t *Tester) testDeleteWithResourceVersion(obj runtime.Object, createFn Crea
 	if err := createFn(ctx, foo); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-	opts.Preconditions = metav1.NewPreconditionDeleteOptionsWithResourceVersion("RV1111").Preconditions
-	obj, _, err := t.storage.(rest.GracefulDeleter).Delete(ctx, objectMeta.GetName(), &opts)
+	opts.Preconditions = metav1.NewRVDeletionPrecondition("RV1111").Preconditions
+	obj, wasDeleted, err := t.storage.(rest.GracefulDeleter).Delete(ctx, objectMeta.GetName(), &opts)
 	if err == nil || !errors.IsConflict(err) {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	obj, _, err = t.storage.(rest.GracefulDeleter).Delete(ctx, objectMeta.GetName(), metav1.NewPreconditionDeleteOptionsWithResourceVersion("RV0000"))
+	if wasDeleted {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected, object %s should not have been deleted immediately", objectMeta.GetName())
+	}
+	obj, _, err = t.storage.(rest.GracefulDeleter).Delete(ctx, objectMeta.GetName(), metav1.NewRVDeletionPrecondition("RV0000"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}