diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
index b96f10c23af..8e2aa76ba7c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ __kubectl_override_flags()
     done
 }
 
-__kubectl_get_namespaces()
-{
-    __kubectl_parse_get "namespace"
-}
-
 __kubectl_config_get_contexts()
 {
     __kubectl_parse_config "contexts"
@@ -115,6 +110,11 @@ __kubectl_get_resource()
     __kubectl_parse_get "${nouns[${#nouns[@]} -1]}"
 }
 
+__kubectl_get_resource_namespace()
+{
+    __kubectl_parse_get "namespace"
+}
+
 __kubectl_get_resource_pod()
 {
     __kubectl_parse_get "pod"
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ __custom_func() {
 
 var (
 	bash_completion_flags = map[string]string{
-		"namespace": "__kubectl_get_namespaces",
+		"namespace": "__kubectl_get_resource_namespace",
 		"context":   "__kubectl_config_get_contexts",
 		"cluster":   "__kubectl_config_get_clusters",
 		"user":      "__kubectl_config_get_users",