diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/cached_discovery.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/cached_discovery.go
index 0224ebbe9be..d053102bb61 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/cached_discovery.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/cached_discovery.go
@@ -220,11 +220,11 @@ func (d *CachedDiscoveryClient) RESTClient() restclient.Interface {
 }
 
 func (d *CachedDiscoveryClient) ServerPreferredResources() ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
-	return d.delegate.ServerPreferredResources()
+	return discovery.ServerPreferredResources(d)
 }
 
 func (d *CachedDiscoveryClient) ServerPreferredNamespacedResources() ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
-	return d.delegate.ServerPreferredNamespacedResources()
+	return discovery.ServerPreferredNamespacedResources(d)
 }
 
 func (d *CachedDiscoveryClient) ServerVersion() (*version.Info, error) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/memcache.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/memcache.go
index 585b4c80da8..d4313bcf3c0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/memcache.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/memcache.go
@@ -96,18 +96,12 @@ func (d *memCacheClient) RESTClient() restclient.Interface {
 	return d.delegate.RESTClient()
 }
 
-// TODO: Should this also be cached? The results seem more likely to be
-// inconsistent with ServerGroups and ServerResources given the requirement to
-// actively Invalidate.
 func (d *memCacheClient) ServerPreferredResources() ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
-	return d.delegate.ServerPreferredResources()
+	return discovery.ServerPreferredResources(d)
 }
 
-// TODO: Should this also be cached? The results seem more likely to be
-// inconsistent with ServerGroups and ServerResources given the requirement to
-// actively Invalidate.
 func (d *memCacheClient) ServerPreferredNamespacedResources() ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
-	return d.delegate.ServerPreferredNamespacedResources()
+	return discovery.ServerPreferredNamespacedResources(d)
 }
 
 func (d *memCacheClient) ServerVersion() (*version.Info, error) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
index 8beecb2f1ca..d59e8a02ac1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ func IsGroupDiscoveryFailedError(err error) bool {
 
 // serverPreferredResources returns the supported resources with the version preferred by the server.
 func (d *DiscoveryClient) serverPreferredResources() ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
+	return ServerPreferredResources(d)
+}
+
+// ServerPreferredResources uses the provided discovery interface to look up preferred resources
+func ServerPreferredResources(d DiscoveryInterface) ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
 	serverGroupList, err := d.ServerGroups()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -319,7 +324,12 @@ func (d *DiscoveryClient) ServerPreferredResources() ([]*metav1.APIResourceList,
 // ServerPreferredNamespacedResources returns the supported namespaced resources with the
 // version preferred by the server.
 func (d *DiscoveryClient) ServerPreferredNamespacedResources() ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
-	all, err := d.ServerPreferredResources()
+	return ServerPreferredNamespacedResources(d)
+}
+
+// ServerPreferredNamespacedResources uses the provided discovery interface to look up preferred namespaced resources
+func ServerPreferredNamespacedResources(d DiscoveryInterface) ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
+	all, err := ServerPreferredResources(d)
 	return FilteredBy(ResourcePredicateFunc(func(groupVersion string, r *metav1.APIResource) bool {
 		return r.Namespaced
 	}), all), err