diff --git a/pkg/quota/evaluator/core/pods.go b/pkg/quota/evaluator/core/pods.go
index eedc86927c..da0b18a5e3 100644
--- a/pkg/quota/evaluator/core/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/quota/evaluator/core/pods.go
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ func NewPodEvaluator(kubeClient clientset.Interface) quota.Evaluator {
 		InternalGroupKind: api.Kind("Pod"),
 		InternalOperationResources: map[admission.Operation][]api.ResourceName{
 			admission.Create: allResources,
-			admission.Update: computeResources,
+			// TODO: the quota system can only charge for deltas on compute resources when pods support updates.
+			// admission.Update: computeResources,
 		},
 		GetFuncByNamespace: func(namespace, name string) (runtime.Object, error) {
 			return kubeClient.Core().Pods(namespace).Get(name)
diff --git a/test/e2e/resource_quota.go b/test/e2e/resource_quota.go
index 44740cd433..3ae417ffa7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/resource_quota.go
+++ b/test/e2e/resource_quota.go
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("ResourceQuota", func() {
 		pod := newTestPodForQuota(podName, requests, api.ResourceList{})
 		pod, err = f.Client.Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		podToUpdate := pod
 
 		By("Ensuring ResourceQuota status captures the pod usage")
 		usedResources[api.ResourceQuotas] = resource.MustParse("1")
@@ -348,6 +349,19 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("ResourceQuota", func() {
 		pod, err = f.Client.Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(pod)
 		Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 
+		By("Ensuring a pod cannot update its resource requirements")
+		// a pod cannot dynamically update its resource requirements.
+		requests = api.ResourceList{}
+		requests[api.ResourceCPU] = resource.MustParse("100m")
+		requests[api.ResourceMemory] = resource.MustParse("100Mi")
+		podToUpdate.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Requests = requests
+		_, err = f.Client.Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Update(podToUpdate)
+		Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+
+		By("Ensuring attempts to update pod resource requirements did not change quota usage")
+		err = waitForResourceQuota(f.Client, f.Namespace.Name, quotaName, usedResources)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
 		By("Deleting the pod")
 		err = f.Client.Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(podName, api.NewDeleteOptions(0))
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())