diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
index b6cef44446c..a2ecf16211e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func ValidateObjectMeta(meta *api.ObjectMeta, requiresNamespace bool, nameFn Val
 		}
 	} else {
 		if len(meta.Namespace) != 0 {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(fldPath, "not allowed on this type"))
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(fldPath.Child("namespace"), "not allowed on this type"))
 		}
 	}
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, ValidateNonnegativeField(meta.Generation, fldPath.Child("generation"))...)