diff --git a/pkg/policy/apply.go b/pkg/policy/apply.go
index bd48da69b4..258b1c1834 100644
--- a/pkg/policy/apply.go
+++ b/pkg/policy/apply.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func applyPolicy(policy kyverno.ClusterPolicy, resource unstructured.Unstructure
 		ResourceCache:    resCache,
 		JSONContext:      ctx,
 		Client:           client,
+		NamespaceLabels:  namespaceLabels,
 	}
 
 	engineResponseValidation = engine.Validate(policyCtx)