diff --git a/pkg/controller/machineset/controller.go b/pkg/controller/machineset/controller.go
index 03910d5c907e..b61c13527f20 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/machineset/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/machineset/controller.go
@@ -257,11 +257,6 @@ func (c *MachineSetControllerImpl) createMachine(machineSet *v1alpha1.MachineSet
 // shoudExcludeMachine returns true if the machine should be filtered out, false otherwise.
 func shouldExcludeMachine(machineSet *v1alpha1.MachineSet, machine *v1alpha1.Machine) bool {
 	// Ignore inactive machines.
-	if machine.DeletionTimestamp != nil || !machine.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero() {
-		glog.V(4).Infof("Skipping machine (%v), as it is being deleted.", machine.Name)
-		return true
-	}
-
 	if metav1.GetControllerOf(machine) != nil && !metav1.IsControlledBy(machine, machineSet) {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("%s not controlled by %v", machine.Name, machineSet.Name)
 		return true
diff --git a/pkg/controller/machineset/reconcile_test.go b/pkg/controller/machineset/reconcile_test.go
index fb5e46fbf5bb..dadfebd1d538 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/machineset/reconcile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/machineset/reconcile_test.go
@@ -165,13 +165,12 @@ func TestMachineSetControllerReconcileHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedMachine:     machineFromMachineSet(createMachineSet(1, "foo", "bar2", "acme"), "bar2"),
 		},
 		{
-			name:                "scenario 9: the current machine is being deleted, thus a machine is created.",
+			name:                "scenario 9: the current machine is being deleted, is still counted towards the machine set, no machine resource is created.",
 			startingMachineSets: []*v1alpha1.MachineSet{createMachineSet(1, "foo", "bar2", "acme")},
 			startingMachines:    []*v1alpha1.Machine{setMachineDeleting(machineFromMachineSet(createMachineSet(1, "foo", "bar1", "acme"), "bar1"))},
 			machineSetToSync:    "foo",
 			namespaceToSync:     "acme",
-			expectedActions:     []string{"create"},
-			expectedMachine:     machineFromMachineSet(createMachineSet(1, "foo", "bar2", "acme"), "bar2"),
+			expectedActions:     []string{},
 		},
 		{
 			name:                "scenario 10: the current machine has no controller refs, owner refs preserved, machine should be adopted.",