diff --git a/pkg/kube/wait.go b/pkg/kube/wait.go
index 48ae4c1b5..4c4bb9ddc 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/wait.go
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ func (w *waiter) waitForResources(created ResourceList) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
+				// If paused deployment will never be ready
+				if currentDeployment.Spec.Paused {
+					continue
+				}
 				// Find RS associated with deployment
 				newReplicaSet, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(currentDeployment, w.c.AppsV1())
 				if err != nil || newReplicaSet == nil {
@@ -82,6 +86,10 @@ func (w *waiter) waitForResources(created ResourceList) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
+				// If paused deployment will never be ready
+				if currentDeployment.Spec.Paused {
+					continue
+				}
 				// Find RS associated with deployment
 				newReplicaSet, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(currentDeployment, w.c.AppsV1())
 				if err != nil || newReplicaSet == nil {
@@ -95,6 +103,10 @@ func (w *waiter) waitForResources(created ResourceList) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
+				// If paused deployment will never be ready
+				if currentDeployment.Spec.Paused {
+					continue
+				}
 				// Find RS associated with deployment
 				newReplicaSet, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(currentDeployment, w.c.AppsV1())
 				if err != nil || newReplicaSet == nil {
@@ -108,6 +120,10 @@ func (w *waiter) waitForResources(created ResourceList) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
+				// If paused deployment will never be ready
+				if currentDeployment.Spec.Paused {
+					continue
+				}
 				// Find RS associated with deployment
 				newReplicaSet, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(currentDeployment, w.c.AppsV1())
 				if err != nil || newReplicaSet == nil {