diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/installer.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
index 0902add4823..9b6cb98c53f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/installer.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage rest.Storag
 	isSubresource := len(subresource) > 0
 
 	// If there is a subresource, namespace scoping is defined by the parent resource
-	namespaceScoped := true
+	var namespaceScoped bool
 	if isSubresource {
 		parentStorage, ok := a.group.Storage[resource]
 		if !ok {