diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrole.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrole.go
index c1dc071f021..7346907d4e7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrole.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_clusterrole.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (c *CreateClusterRoleOptions) RunCreateRole() error {
 
 	// Create ClusterRole.
 	if !c.DryRun {
-		_, err = c.Client.ClusterRoles().Create(clusterRole)
+		clusterRole, err = c.Client.ClusterRoles().Create(clusterRole)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_role.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_role.go
index 5ed9ce36ae0..89449e8ba1a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_role.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_role.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (c *CreateRoleOptions) RunCreateRole() error {
 
 	// Create role.
 	if !c.DryRun {
-		_, err = c.Client.Roles(c.Namespace).Create(role)
+		role, err = c.Client.Roles(c.Namespace).Create(role)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}