diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/query_param_verifier.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/query_param_verifier.go
index bc0769530fe..3b08025c3ef 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/query_param_verifier.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/query_param_verifier.go
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ const (
 
 // HasSupport checks if the given gvk supports the query param configured on v
 func (v *QueryParamVerifier) HasSupport(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind) error {
+	if (gvk == schema.GroupVersionKind{Version: "v1", Kind: "List"}) {
+		return NewParamUnsupportedError(gvk, v.queryParam)
+	}
+
 	oapi, err := v.openAPIGetter.OpenAPISchema()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to download openapi: %v", err)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/query_param_verifier_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/query_param_verifier_test.go
index 8b67e1094b3..b1c1bb620ba 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/query_param_verifier_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/query_param_verifier_test.go
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ func TestSupportsQueryParam(t *testing.T) {
 			supports:   false,
 			queryParam: QueryParamFieldValidation,
 		},
+		{
+			gvk: schema.GroupVersionKind{
+				Group:   "",
+				Version: "v1",
+				Kind:    "List",
+			},
+			success:    false,
+			supports:   false,
+			queryParam: QueryParamFieldValidation,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
@@ -124,6 +134,11 @@ func TestFieldValidationVerifier(t *testing.T) {
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Random doesn't support fieldValidation, yet no error found")
 	}
+
+	err = fieldValidationVerifier.HasSupport(schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "", Version: "v1", Kind: "List"})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List does not support fieldValidation, yet no error found")
+	}
 }
 
 type EmptyOpenAPI struct{}
@@ -159,4 +174,9 @@ func TestFieldValidationVerifierNoOpenAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("MyCRD doesn't support fieldValidation, yet no error found")
 	}
+
+	err = fieldValidationVerifier.HasSupport(schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "", Version: "v1", Kind: "List"})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List does not support fieldValidation, yet no error found")
+	}
 }