diff --git a/pkg/kyverno/common/common.go b/pkg/kyverno/common/common.go
index 67b9392e55..5e4f627215 100644
--- a/pkg/kyverno/common/common.go
+++ b/pkg/kyverno/common/common.go
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ OuterLoop:
 		resourceNamespace := resource.GetNamespace()
 		namespaceLabels = namespaceSelectorMap[resource.GetNamespace()]
 		if resourceNamespace != "default" && len(namespaceLabels) < 1 {
-			return engineResponses, policyreport.Info{}, sanitizederror.NewWithError(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get namesapce labels for resource %s. use --values-file flag to pass the namespace labels", resource.GetName()), nil)
+			return engineResponses, policyreport.Info{}, sanitizederror.NewWithError(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get namespace labels for resource %s. use --values-file flag to pass the namespace labels", resource.GetName()), nil)
 		}
 	}