diff --git a/pkg/common/common.go b/pkg/common/common.go
index 18c0802954..cea911ecbd 100644
--- a/pkg/common/common.go
+++ b/pkg/common/common.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func GetNamespaceSelectorsFromGenericInformer(kind, namespaceOfResource string,
 // GetNamespaceSelectorsFromNamespaceLister - extract the namespacelabels when namespace lister is passed
 func GetNamespaceSelectorsFromNamespaceLister(kind, namespaceOfResource string, nsLister listerv1.NamespaceLister, logger logr.Logger) map[string]string {
 	namespaceLabels := make(map[string]string)
-	if kind != "Namespace" {
+	if kind != "Namespace" && namespaceOfResource != "" {
 		namespaceObj, err := nsLister.Get(namespaceOfResource)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Log.Error(err, "failed to get the namespace", "name", namespaceOfResource)
diff --git a/pkg/policy/common.go b/pkg/policy/common.go
index 03743b766b..1622dab35e 100644
--- a/pkg/policy/common.go
+++ b/pkg/policy/common.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (pc *PolicyController) getResourceList(kind, namespace string, labelSelecto
 
 	resourceList, err := pc.client.ListResource("", kind, namespace, labelSelector)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "failed to list resources", "kind")
+		log.Error(err, "failed to list resources", "kind", kind, "namespace", namespace)
 		return nil
 	}