diff --git a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils.go b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils.go
index f321a18fb8..2a9eba24a4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set_utils.go
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
-	client "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned"
+	unversionedextensions "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/extensions/unversioned"
 )
 
 // updateReplicaCount attempts to update the Status.Replicas of the given ReplicaSet, with a single GET/PUT retry.
-func updateReplicaCount(rsClient client.ReplicaSetInterface, rs extensions.ReplicaSet, numReplicas, numFullyLabeledReplicas, numReadyReplicas, numAvailableReplicas int) (updateErr error) {
+func updateReplicaCount(rsClient unversionedextensions.ReplicaSetInterface, rs extensions.ReplicaSet, numReplicas, numFullyLabeledReplicas, numReadyReplicas, numAvailableReplicas int) (updateErr error) {
 	// This is the steady state. It happens when the ReplicaSet doesn't have any expectations, since
 	// we do a periodic relist every 30s. If the generations differ but the replicas are
 	// the same, a caller might've resized to the same replica count.