diff --git a/pkg/generate/resource.go b/pkg/generate/resource.go
index 63d068d98e..0972bd8d56 100644
--- a/pkg/generate/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/generate/resource.go
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func getResource(client *dclient.Client, resourceSpec kyverno.ResourceSpec) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
+	if resourceSpec.Kind == "Namespace" {
+		resourceSpec.Namespace = ""
+	}
 	resource, err := client.GetResource(resourceSpec.APIVersion, resourceSpec.Kind, resourceSpec.Namespace, resourceSpec.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/utils/util.go b/pkg/utils/util.go
index 3a25c3e950..62b8ccce31 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/util.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/util.go
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ func ExtractResources(newRaw []byte, request *v1beta1.AdmissionRequest) (unstruc
 		if err != nil {
 			return emptyResource, emptyResource, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert new raw to unstructured: %v", err)
 		}
+		if newResource.GetKind() == "Namespace" {
+			newResource.SetNamespace("")
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Old Resource
@@ -113,6 +116,9 @@ func ExtractResources(newRaw []byte, request *v1beta1.AdmissionRequest) (unstruc
 		if err != nil {
 			return emptyResource, emptyResource, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert old raw to unstructured: %v", err)
 		}
+		if oldResource.GetKind() == "Namespace" {
+			oldResource.SetNamespace("")
+		}
 	}
 
 	return newResource, oldResource, err