diff --git a/test/e2e/deployment.go b/test/e2e/deployment.go
index 149c58ce7b6..ca7fc740e08 100644
--- a/test/e2e/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/deployment.go
@@ -1194,27 +1194,27 @@ func testOverlappingDeployment(f *framework.Framework) {
 	podLabels = map[string]string{"name": nginxImageName}
 	By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating deployment %q", deploymentName))
 	d = newDeployment(deploymentName, replicas, podLabels, nginxImageName, nginxImage, extensions.RollingUpdateDeploymentStrategyType, nil)
-	deployLater, err := c.Extensions().Deployments(ns).Create(d)
+	thirdDeployment, err := c.Extensions().Deployments(ns).Create(d)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed creating the third deployment")
 
 	// Wait for it to be updated to revision 1
-	err = framework.WaitForDeploymentRevisionAndImage(c, ns, deployLater.Name, "1", nginxImage)
+	err = framework.WaitForDeploymentRevisionAndImage(c, ns, thirdDeployment.Name, "1", nginxImage)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "The third deployment failed to update to revision 1")
 
 	// Update the second deployment's selector to make it overlap with the third deployment
 	By(fmt.Sprintf("Updating deployment %q selector to make it overlap with existing one", deployOverlapping.Name))
 	deployOverlapping, err = framework.UpdateDeploymentWithRetries(c, ns, deployOverlapping.Name, func(update *extensions.Deployment) {
-		update.Spec.Selector = deployLater.Spec.Selector
-		update.Spec.Template.Labels = deployLater.Spec.Template.Labels
+		update.Spec.Selector = thirdDeployment.Spec.Selector
+		update.Spec.Template.Labels = thirdDeployment.Spec.Template.Labels
 		update.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image = redisImage
 	})
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 	// Wait for overlapping annotation updated to both deployments
-	By("Waiting for the third deployment to have the overlapping annotation")
-	err = framework.WaitForOverlappingAnnotationMatch(c, ns, deployLater.Name, deployOverlapping.Name)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to update the third deployment's overlapping annotation")
-	err = framework.WaitForOverlappingAnnotationMatch(c, ns, deployOverlapping.Name, "")
+	By("Waiting for the second deployment to have the overlapping annotation")
+	err = framework.WaitForOverlappingAnnotationMatch(c, ns, deployOverlapping.Name, thirdDeployment.Name)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to update the second deployment's overlapping annotation")
+	err = framework.WaitForOverlappingAnnotationMatch(c, ns, thirdDeployment.Name, "")
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "The deployment that holds the oldest selector shouldn't have the overlapping annotation")
 
 	// The second deployment shouldn't be synced