diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go b/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go
index bff1e6401cf..c847ad4f229 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import (
 	hashutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/hash"
 	taintutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints"
 	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
@@ -1030,6 +1031,60 @@ func CountTerminatingPods(pods []*v1.Pod) int32 {
 	return int32(numberOfTerminatingPods)
 }
 
+// nextPodAvailabilityCheck implements similar logic to podutil.IsPodAvailable
+func nextPodAvailabilityCheck(pod *v1.Pod, minReadySeconds int32, now time.Time) *time.Duration {
+	if !podutil.IsPodReady(pod) || minReadySeconds <= 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	c := podutil.GetPodReadyCondition(pod.Status)
+	if c.LastTransitionTime.IsZero() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	minReadySecondsDuration := time.Duration(minReadySeconds) * time.Second
+	nextCheck := c.LastTransitionTime.Add(minReadySecondsDuration).Sub(now)
+	if nextCheck > 0 {
+		return ptr.To(nextCheck)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// findMinNextPodAvailabilitySimpleCheck finds a duration when the next availability check should occur. It also returns the
+// first pod affected by the future availability recalculation (there might be more pods if they became ready at the same time;
+// this helps to implement FindMinNextPodAvailabilityCheck).
+func findMinNextPodAvailabilitySimpleCheck(pods []*v1.Pod, minReadySeconds int32, now time.Time) (*time.Duration, *v1.Pod) {
+	var minAvailabilityCheck *time.Duration
+	var checkPod *v1.Pod
+	for _, p := range pods {
+		nextCheck := nextPodAvailabilityCheck(p, minReadySeconds, now)
+		if nextCheck != nil && (minAvailabilityCheck == nil || *nextCheck < *minAvailabilityCheck) {
+			minAvailabilityCheck = nextCheck
+			checkPod = p
+		}
+	}
+	return minAvailabilityCheck, checkPod
+}
+
+// FindMinNextPodAvailabilityCheck finds a duration when the next availability check should occur.
+// We should check for the availability at the same time as the status evaluation/update occurs (e.g. .status.availableReplicas) by
+// passing lastOwnerStatusEvaluation. This ensures that we will not skip any pods that might become available
+// (findMinNextPodAvailabilitySimpleCheck would return nil in the future time), since the owner status evaluation.
+// clock is then used to calculate the precise time for the next availability check.
+func FindMinNextPodAvailabilityCheck(pods []*v1.Pod, minReadySeconds int32, lastOwnerStatusEvaluation time.Time, clock clock.PassiveClock) *time.Duration {
+	nextCheckAccordingToOwnerStatusEvaluation, checkPod := findMinNextPodAvailabilitySimpleCheck(pods, minReadySeconds, lastOwnerStatusEvaluation)
+	if nextCheckAccordingToOwnerStatusEvaluation == nil || checkPod == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// There must be a nextCheck. We try to calculate a more precise value for the next availability check.
+	// Check the earliest pod to avoid being preempted by a later pod.
+	if updatedNextCheck := nextPodAvailabilityCheck(checkPod, minReadySeconds, clock.Now()); updatedNextCheck != nil {
+		// There is a delay since the last Now() call (lastOwnerStatusEvaluation). Use the updatedNextCheck.
+		return updatedNextCheck
+	}
+	// Fall back to 0 (immediate check) in case the last nextPodAvailabilityCheck call (with a refreshed Now) returns nil, as we might be past the check.
+	return ptr.To(time.Duration(0))
+}
+
 func IsPodActive(p *v1.Pod) bool {
 	return v1.PodSucceeded != p.Status.Phase &&
 		v1.PodFailed != p.Status.Phase &&
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller_utils_test.go b/pkg/controller/controller_utils_test.go
index d6bc919a6df..819d44be1e5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller_utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller_utils_test.go
@@ -881,6 +881,244 @@ func TestSortingActivePodsWithRanks(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNextPodAvailabilityCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	newPodWithReadyCond := func(now metav1.Time, ready bool, beforeSec int) *v1.Pod {
+		conditionStatus := v1.ConditionFalse
+		if ready {
+			conditionStatus = v1.ConditionTrue
+		}
+		return &v1.Pod{
+			Status: v1.PodStatus{
+				Conditions: []v1.PodCondition{
+					{
+						Type:               v1.PodReady,
+						LastTransitionTime: metav1.NewTime(now.Add(-1 * time.Duration(beforeSec) * time.Second)),
+						Status:             conditionStatus,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	now := metav1.Now()
+	tests := []struct {
+		name            string
+		pod             *v1.Pod
+		minReadySeconds int32
+		expected        *time.Duration
+	}{
+		{
+			name:            "not ready",
+			pod:             newPodWithReadyCond(now, false, 0),
+			minReadySeconds: 0,
+			expected:        nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "no minReadySeconds defined",
+			pod:             newPodWithReadyCond(now, true, 0),
+			minReadySeconds: 0,
+			expected:        nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "lastTransitionTime is zero",
+			pod: func() *v1.Pod {
+				pod := newPodWithReadyCond(now, true, 0)
+				pod.Status.Conditions[0].LastTransitionTime = metav1.Time{}
+				return pod
+			}(),
+			minReadySeconds: 1,
+			expected:        nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "just became ready - available in 1s",
+			pod:             newPodWithReadyCond(now, true, 0),
+			minReadySeconds: 1,
+			expected:        ptr.To(time.Second),
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "ready for 20s - available in 10s",
+			pod:             newPodWithReadyCond(now, true, 20),
+			minReadySeconds: 30,
+			expected:        ptr.To(10 * time.Second),
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "available",
+			pod:             newPodWithReadyCond(now, true, 51),
+			minReadySeconds: 50,
+			expected:        nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			nextAvailable := nextPodAvailabilityCheck(test.pod, test.minReadySeconds, now.Time)
+			if !ptr.Equal(nextAvailable, test.expected) {
+				t.Errorf("expected next pod availability check: %v, got: %v", test.expected, nextAvailable)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFindMinNextPodAvailabilitySimpleCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	now := metav1.Now()
+
+	pod := func(name string, ready bool, beforeSec int) *v1.Pod {
+		p := testutil.NewPod(name, "node0")
+		if ready {
+			p.Status.Conditions[0].LastTransitionTime = metav1.NewTime(now.Add(-1 * time.Duration(beforeSec) * time.Second))
+		} else {
+			p.Status.Conditions[0].Status = v1.ConditionFalse
+		}
+		return p
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name            string
+		pods            []*v1.Pod
+		minReadySeconds int32
+		expected        *time.Duration
+		expectedPod     *string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:            "no pods",
+			pods:            nil,
+			minReadySeconds: 0,
+			expected:        nil,
+			expectedPod:     nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unready pods",
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				pod("pod1", false, 0),
+				pod("pod2", false, 0),
+			},
+			minReadySeconds: 0,
+			expected:        nil,
+			expectedPod:     nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ready pods with no minReadySeconds",
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				pod("pod1", true, 0),
+				pod("pod2", true, 0),
+			},
+			minReadySeconds: 0,
+			expected:        nil,
+			expectedPod:     nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unready and ready pods should find min next availability check",
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				pod("pod1", false, 0),
+				pod("pod2", true, 2),
+				pod("pod3", true, 0),
+				pod("pod4", true, 4),
+				pod("pod5", false, 0),
+			},
+			minReadySeconds: 10,
+			expected:        ptr.To(6 * time.Second),
+			expectedPod:     ptr.To("pod4"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unready and available pods do not require min next availability check", // only after pods become ready we can schedule one
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				pod("pod1", false, 0),
+				pod("pod2", true, 15),
+				pod("pod3", true, 11),
+				pod("pod4", true, 10),
+				pod("pod5", false, 0),
+			},
+			minReadySeconds: 10,
+			expected:        nil,
+			expectedPod:     nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			nextAvailable, checkPod := findMinNextPodAvailabilitySimpleCheck(test.pods, test.minReadySeconds, now.Time)
+			var checkPodName *string
+			if checkPod != nil {
+				checkPodName = ptr.To(checkPod.Name)
+			}
+			if !ptr.Equal(nextAvailable, test.expected) {
+				t.Errorf("expected next min pod availability check: %v, got: %v", test.expected, nextAvailable)
+			}
+			if !ptr.Equal(checkPodName, test.expectedPod) {
+				t.Errorf("expected next min pod availability check for pod: %v, got: %v", test.expectedPod, checkPodName)
+			}
+
+			// using the same now for status evaluation and the clock should return the same result as findMinNextPodAvailabilitySimpleCheck
+			nextAvailable = FindMinNextPodAvailabilityCheck(test.pods, test.minReadySeconds, now.Time, testingclock.NewFakeClock(now.Time))
+
+			if !ptr.Equal(nextAvailable, test.expected) {
+				t.Errorf("expected next min pod availability check when status evaluation and clock is now: %v, got: %v", test.expected, nextAvailable)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFindMinNextPodAvailability(t *testing.T) {
+	now := metav1.Now()
+
+	pod := func(name string, ready bool, beforeSec int) *v1.Pod {
+		p := testutil.NewPod(name, "node0")
+		if ready {
+			p.Status.Conditions[0].LastTransitionTime = metav1.NewTime(now.Add(-1 * time.Duration(beforeSec) * time.Second))
+		} else {
+			p.Status.Conditions[0].Status = v1.ConditionFalse
+		}
+		return p
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                         string
+		pods                         []*v1.Pod
+		minReadySeconds              int32
+		statusEvaluationDelaySeconds int
+		expected                     *time.Duration
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "unready and ready pods should find min next availability check considering status evaluation/update delay",
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				pod("pod1", false, 0),
+				pod("pod2", true, 2),
+				pod("pod3", true, 0),
+				pod("pod4", true, 4),
+				pod("pod5", false, 0),
+			},
+			minReadySeconds:              10,
+			statusEvaluationDelaySeconds: 2, // total is 4+2 since the pod4 became ready
+			expected:                     ptr.To(4 * time.Second),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unready and ready pods should find min next availability check even if the status evaluation delay is longer than minReadySeconds",
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				pod("pod1", false, 0),
+				pod("pod2", true, 2),
+				pod("pod3", true, 0),
+				pod("pod4", true, 4),
+				pod("pod5", false, 0),
+			},
+			minReadySeconds:              10,
+			statusEvaluationDelaySeconds: 7, // total is 4+7 since the pod4 became ready
+			expected:                     ptr.To(0 * time.Second),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			oldNow := now.Time
+			newNow := testingclock.NewFakePassiveClock(now.Add(time.Duration(test.statusEvaluationDelaySeconds) * time.Second))
+			nextAvailable := FindMinNextPodAvailabilityCheck(test.pods, test.minReadySeconds, oldNow, newNow)
+
+			if !ptr.Equal(nextAvailable, test.expected) {
+				t.Errorf("expected next min pod availability check: %v, got: %v", test.expected, nextAvailable)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestActiveReplicaSetsFiltering(t *testing.T) {
 
 	rsUuid := uuid.NewUUID()
diff --git a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set.go b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set.go
index d53d762ff9b..8934bd46055 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set.go
@@ -497,13 +497,14 @@ func (rsc *ReplicaSetController) updatePod(logger klog.Logger, old, cur interfac
 		// having its status updated with the newly available replica. For now, we can fake the
 		// update by resyncing the controller MinReadySeconds after the it is requeued because
 		// a Pod transitioned to Ready.
+		// If there are multiple pods with varying readiness times, we cannot correctly track it
+		// with the current queue. Further resyncs are attempted at the end of the syncReplicaSet
+		// function.
 		// Note that this still suffers from #29229, we are just moving the problem one level
 		// "closer" to kubelet (from the deployment to the replica set controller).
 		if !podutil.IsPodReady(oldPod) && podutil.IsPodReady(curPod) && rs.Spec.MinReadySeconds > 0 {
 			logger.V(2).Info("pod will be enqueued after a while for availability check", "duration", rs.Spec.MinReadySeconds, "kind", rsc.Kind, "pod", klog.KObj(oldPod))
-			// Add a second to avoid milliseconds skew in AddAfter.
-			// See https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/39785#issuecomment-279959133 for more info.
-			rsc.enqueueRSAfter(rs, (time.Duration(rs.Spec.MinReadySeconds)*time.Second)+time.Second)
+			rsc.enqueueRSAfter(rs, time.Duration(rs.Spec.MinReadySeconds)*time.Second)
 		}
 		return
 	}
@@ -747,12 +748,14 @@ func (rsc *ReplicaSetController) syncReplicaSet(ctx context.Context, key string)
 	}
 
 	var manageReplicasErr error
-	var nextSyncInSeconds *int
+	var nextSyncDuration *time.Duration
 	if rsNeedsSync && rs.DeletionTimestamp == nil {
 		manageReplicasErr = rsc.manageReplicas(ctx, activePods, rs)
 	}
 	rs = rs.DeepCopy()
-	newStatus := calculateStatus(rs, activePods, terminatingPods, manageReplicasErr, rsc.controllerFeatures, rsc.clock)
+	// Use the same time for calculating status and nextSyncDuration.
+	now := rsc.clock.Now()
+	newStatus := calculateStatus(rs, activePods, terminatingPods, manageReplicasErr, rsc.controllerFeatures, now)
 
 	// Always updates status as pods come up or die.
 	updatedRS, err := updateReplicaSetStatus(logger, rsc.kubeClient.AppsV1().ReplicaSets(rs.Namespace), rs, newStatus, rsc.controllerFeatures)
@@ -764,14 +767,19 @@ func (rsc *ReplicaSetController) syncReplicaSet(ctx context.Context, key string)
 	if manageReplicasErr != nil {
 		return manageReplicasErr
 	}
-	// Resync the ReplicaSet after MinReadySeconds as a last line of defense to guard against clock-skew.
+	// Plan the next availability check as a last line of defense against queue preemption (we have one queue key for checking availability of all the pods)
+	// or early sync (see https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/39785#issuecomment-279959133 for more info).
 	if updatedRS.Spec.MinReadySeconds > 0 &&
-		updatedRS.Status.ReadyReplicas == *(updatedRS.Spec.Replicas) &&
-		updatedRS.Status.AvailableReplicas != *(updatedRS.Spec.Replicas) {
-		nextSyncInSeconds = ptr.To(int(updatedRS.Spec.MinReadySeconds))
+		updatedRS.Status.ReadyReplicas != updatedRS.Status.AvailableReplicas {
+		// Safeguard fallback to the .spec.minReadySeconds to ensure that we always end up with .status.availableReplicas updated.
+		nextSyncDuration = ptr.To(time.Duration(updatedRS.Spec.MinReadySeconds) * time.Second)
+		// Use the same point in time (now) for calculating status and nextSyncDuration to get matching availability for the pods.
+		if nextCheck := controller.FindMinNextPodAvailabilityCheck(activePods, updatedRS.Spec.MinReadySeconds, now, rsc.clock); nextCheck != nil {
+			nextSyncDuration = nextCheck
+		}
 	}
-	if nextSyncInSeconds != nil {
-		rsc.queue.AddAfter(key, time.Duration(*nextSyncInSeconds)*time.Second)
+	if nextSyncDuration != nil {
+		rsc.queue.AddAfter(key, *nextSyncDuration)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_test.go b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_test.go
index a54572c6975..9637adce8dc 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
@@ -1618,6 +1619,87 @@ func TestDoNotAdoptOrCreateIfBeingDeletedRace(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestReplicaSetAvailabilityCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	_, ctx := ktesting.NewTestContext(t)
+
+	labelMap := map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
+	rs := newReplicaSet(4, labelMap)
+	rs.Spec.MinReadySeconds = 5
+	client := fake.NewClientset(rs)
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	defer close(stopCh)
+
+	manager, informers := testNewReplicaSetControllerFromClient(t, client, stopCh, BurstReplicas)
+	if err := informers.Apps().V1().ReplicaSets().Informer().GetIndexer().Add(rs); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	now := time.Now()
+	pod1 := newPod("foobar-1", rs, v1.PodPending, nil, true)
+	pod2 := newPod("foobar-2", rs, v1.PodRunning, &metav1.Time{Time: now}, true)
+	pod3 := newPod("foobar-3", rs, v1.PodRunning, &metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(-2 * time.Second)}, true)
+	pod4 := newPod("foobar-4", rs, v1.PodRunning, &metav1.Time{Time: now.Add(-4300 * time.Millisecond)}, true)
+	if err := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer().GetIndexer().Add(pod1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer().GetIndexer().Add(pod2); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer().GetIndexer().Add(pod3); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := informers.Core().V1().Pods().Informer().GetIndexer().Add(pod4); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	fakePodControl := controller.FakePodControl{}
+	manager.podControl = &fakePodControl
+
+	err := manager.syncReplicaSet(ctx, GetKey(rs, t))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var updatedRs *apps.ReplicaSet
+	for _, a := range client.Actions() {
+		if a.GetResource().Resource != "replicasets" {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected action %+v", a)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		switch action := a.(type) {
+		case core.UpdateAction:
+			var ok bool
+			if updatedRs, ok = action.GetObject().(*apps.ReplicaSet); !ok {
+				t.Errorf("Expected a ReplicaSet as the argument to update, got %T", updatedRs)
+			}
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected action %+v", a)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// one pod is not ready
+	if updatedRs.Status.ReadyReplicas != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected updated ReplicaSet to contain ready replicas %v, got %v instead",
+			3, updatedRs.Status.ReadyReplicas)
+	}
+	if updatedRs.Status.AvailableReplicas != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected updated ReplicaSet to contain available replicas %v, got %v instead",
+			0, updatedRs.Status.AvailableReplicas)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := manager.queue.Len(), 0; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("queue.Len() = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+
+	// RS should be re-queued after 700ms to recompute .status.availableReplicas (200ms extra for the test).
+	ktesting.Eventually(ctx, func(tCtx ktesting.TContext) int {
+		return manager.queue.Len()
+	}).WithTimeout(900*time.Millisecond).
+		WithPolling(10*time.Millisecond).
+		Should(gomega.Equal(1), " RS should be re-queued to recompute .status.availableReplicas")
+
+}
+
 var (
 	imagePullBackOff apps.ReplicaSetConditionType = "ImagePullBackOff"
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils.go b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils.go
index 738d955c42b..4aa35e08bd4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	appsclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/apps/v1"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
-	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func updateReplicaSetStatus(logger klog.Logger, c appsclient.ReplicaSetInterface
 	return nil, updateErr
 }
 
-func calculateStatus(rs *apps.ReplicaSet, activePods []*v1.Pod, terminatingPods []*v1.Pod, manageReplicasErr error, controllerFeatures ReplicaSetControllerFeatures, clock clock.PassiveClock) apps.ReplicaSetStatus {
+func calculateStatus(rs *apps.ReplicaSet, activePods []*v1.Pod, terminatingPods []*v1.Pod, manageReplicasErr error, controllerFeatures ReplicaSetControllerFeatures, now time.Time) apps.ReplicaSetStatus {
 	newStatus := rs.Status
 	// Count the number of pods that have labels matching the labels of the pod
 	// template of the replica set, the matching pods may have more
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ func calculateStatus(rs *apps.ReplicaSet, activePods []*v1.Pod, terminatingPods
 	readyReplicasCount := 0
 	availableReplicasCount := 0
 	templateLabel := labels.Set(rs.Spec.Template.Labels).AsSelectorPreValidated()
-	now := clock.Now()
 	for _, pod := range activePods {
 		if templateLabel.Matches(labels.Set(pod.Labels)) {
 			fullyLabeledReplicasCount++
diff --git a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils_test.go b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils_test.go
index 856a7dbcc82..47315b809a8 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils_test.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func TestCalculateStatus(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// test ReplicaSet controller default behavior unless specified otherwise in the test case
 			controllerFeatures := ptr.Deref(test.controllerFeatures, DefaultReplicaSetControllerFeatures())
-			replicaSetStatus := calculateStatus(test.replicaset, test.activePods, test.terminatingPods, nil, controllerFeatures, clock)
+			replicaSetStatus := calculateStatus(test.replicaset, test.activePods, test.terminatingPods, nil, controllerFeatures, clock.Now())
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(replicaSetStatus, test.expectedReplicaSetStatus) {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected replicaset status: expected %v, got %v", test.expectedReplicaSetStatus, replicaSetStatus)
 			}
@@ -400,8 +400,7 @@ func TestCalculateStatusConditions(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range rsStatusConditionTests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			clock := clocktesting.NewFakePassiveClock(time.Now())
-			replicaSetStatus := calculateStatus(test.replicaset, test.activePods, nil, test.manageReplicasErr, DefaultReplicaSetControllerFeatures(), clock)
+			replicaSetStatus := calculateStatus(test.replicaset, test.activePods, nil, test.manageReplicasErr, DefaultReplicaSetControllerFeatures(), time.Now())
 			// all test cases have at most 1 status condition
 			if len(replicaSetStatus.Conditions) > 0 {
 				test.expectedReplicaSetConditions[0].LastTransitionTime = replicaSetStatus.Conditions[0].LastTransitionTime