diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/event.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/event.go
index 4899b362dff..8c163d8cc0d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/event.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/event.go
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ func recordEvent(sink EventSink, event *v1.Event, patch []byte, updateExistingEv
 	case *errors.StatusError:
 		if errors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 			klog.V(5).Infof("Server rejected event '%#v': '%v' (will not retry!)", event, err)
+		} else if errors.HasStatusCause(err, v1.NamespaceTerminatingCause) {
+			klog.V(5).Infof("Server rejected event '%#v': '%v' (will not retry!)", event, err)
 		} else {
 			klog.Errorf("Server rejected event '%#v': '%v' (will not retry!)", event, err)
 		}