diff --git a/airflow/contrib/operators/kubernetes_pod_operator.py b/airflow/contrib/operators/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
index 76ff8976627fc7..577634284af2a0 100644
--- a/airflow/contrib/operators/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
+++ b/airflow/contrib/operators/kubernetes_pod_operator.py
@@ -113,72 +113,6 @@ class KubernetesPodOperator(BaseOperator):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-
     """
     template_fields = ('cmds', 'arguments', 'env_vars', 'config_file')
 
-    def execute(self, context):
-        try:
-            client = kube_client.get_kube_client(in_cluster=self.in_cluster,
-                                                 cluster_context=self.cluster_context,
-                                                 config_file=self.config_file)
-            gen = pod_generator.PodGenerator()
-
-            for port in self.ports:
-                gen.add_port(port)
-            for mount in self.volume_mounts:
-                gen.add_mount(mount)
-            for volume in self.volumes:
-                gen.add_volume(volume)
-
-            pod = gen.make_pod(
-                namespace=self.namespace,
-                image=self.image,
-                pod_id=self.name,
-                cmds=self.cmds,
-                arguments=self.arguments,
-                labels=self.labels,
-            )
-
-            pod.service_account_name = self.service_account_name
-            pod.secrets = self.secrets
-            pod.envs = self.env_vars
-            pod.image_pull_policy = self.image_pull_policy
-            pod.image_pull_secrets = self.image_pull_secrets
-            pod.annotations = self.annotations
-            pod.resources = self.resources
-            pod.affinity = self.affinity
-            pod.node_selectors = self.node_selectors
-            pod.hostnetwork = self.hostnetwork
-            pod.tolerations = self.tolerations
-            pod.configmaps = self.configmaps
-            pod.security_context = self.security_context
-            pod.pod_runtime_info_envs = self.pod_runtime_info_envs
-            pod.dnspolicy = self.dnspolicy
-
-            launcher = pod_launcher.PodLauncher(kube_client=client,
-                                                extract_xcom=self.do_xcom_push)
-            try:
-                (final_state, result) = launcher.run_pod(
-                    pod,
-                    startup_timeout=self.startup_timeout_seconds,
-                    get_logs=self.get_logs)
-            finally:
-                if self.is_delete_operator_pod:
-                    launcher.delete_pod(pod)
-
-            if final_state != State.SUCCESS:
-                raise AirflowException(
-                    'Pod returned a failure: {state}'.format(state=final_state)
-                )
-            if self.do_xcom_push:
-                return result
-        except AirflowException as ex:
-            raise AirflowException('Pod Launching failed: {error}'.format(error=ex))
-
-    def _set_resources(self, resources):
-        return Resources(**resources) if resources else Resources()
-
-    def _set_name(self, name):
-        validate_key(name, max_length=63)
-        return re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9.-]+', '-', name.lower())
-
     @apply_defaults
     def __init__(self,  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-locals
                  namespace,
@@ -251,3 +185,69 @@ def __init__(self,  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-locals
         self.security_context = security_context or {}
         self.pod_runtime_info_envs = pod_runtime_info_envs or []
         self.dnspolicy = dnspolicy
+
+    def execute(self, context):
+        try:
+            client = kube_client.get_kube_client(in_cluster=self.in_cluster,
+                                                 cluster_context=self.cluster_context,
+                                                 config_file=self.config_file)
+            gen = pod_generator.PodGenerator()
+
+            for port in self.ports:
+                gen.add_port(port)
+            for mount in self.volume_mounts:
+                gen.add_mount(mount)
+            for volume in self.volumes:
+                gen.add_volume(volume)
+
+            pod = gen.make_pod(
+                namespace=self.namespace,
+                image=self.image,
+                pod_id=self.name,
+                cmds=self.cmds,
+                arguments=self.arguments,
+                labels=self.labels,
+            )
+
+            pod.service_account_name = self.service_account_name
+            pod.secrets = self.secrets
+            pod.envs = self.env_vars
+            pod.image_pull_policy = self.image_pull_policy
+            pod.image_pull_secrets = self.image_pull_secrets
+            pod.annotations = self.annotations
+            pod.resources = self.resources
+            pod.affinity = self.affinity
+            pod.node_selectors = self.node_selectors
+            pod.hostnetwork = self.hostnetwork
+            pod.tolerations = self.tolerations
+            pod.configmaps = self.configmaps
+            pod.security_context = self.security_context
+            pod.pod_runtime_info_envs = self.pod_runtime_info_envs
+            pod.dnspolicy = self.dnspolicy
+
+            launcher = pod_launcher.PodLauncher(kube_client=client,
+                                                extract_xcom=self.do_xcom_push)
+            try:
+                (final_state, result) = launcher.run_pod(
+                    pod,
+                    startup_timeout=self.startup_timeout_seconds,
+                    get_logs=self.get_logs)
+            finally:
+                if self.is_delete_operator_pod:
+                    launcher.delete_pod(pod)
+
+            if final_state != State.SUCCESS:
+                raise AirflowException(
+                    'Pod returned a failure: {state}'.format(state=final_state)
+                )
+            if self.do_xcom_push:
+                return result
+        except AirflowException as ex:
+            raise AirflowException('Pod Launching failed: {error}'.format(error=ex))
+
+    def _set_resources(self, resources):
+        return Resources(**resources) if resources else Resources()
+
+    def _set_name(self, name):
+        validate_key(name, max_length=63)
+        return re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9.-]+', '-', name.lower())