diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go
index 985cc63d8fe..04411ed3940 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Do() *Result {
 	if b.requireNamespace {
 		helpers = append(helpers, RequireNamespace(b.namespace))
 	}
+	helpers = append(helpers, FilterNamespace())
 	r.visitor = NewDecoratedVisitor(r.visitor, helpers...)
 	return r
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
index 368a44cfd27..23f9cf445ec 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
@@ -384,6 +384,17 @@ func UpdateObjectNamespace(info *Info) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// FilterNamespace omits the namespace if the object is not namespace scoped
+func FilterNamespace() VisitorFunc {
+	return func(info *Info) error {
+		if info.Mapping.Scope.Name() != meta.RESTScopeNameNamespace {
+			info.Namespace = ""
+			UpdateObjectNamespace(info)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // SetNamespace ensures that every Info object visited will have a namespace
 // set. If info.Object is set, it will be mutated as well.
 func SetNamespace(namespace string) VisitorFunc {