diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
index 7689384926d..032982a1c9a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, output io.Writer) er
 	// check if the object is unstructured.  If so, let's attempt to convert it to a type we can understand before
 	// trying to print, since the printers are keyed by type.  This is extremely expensive.
 	switch obj.(type) {
-	case *runtime.Unstructured, *runtime.Unknown:
+	case *runtime.UnstructuredList, *runtime.Unstructured, *runtime.Unknown:
 		if objBytes, err := runtime.Encode(api.Codecs.LegacyCodec(), obj); err == nil {
 			if decodedObj, err := runtime.Decode(api.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), objBytes); err == nil {
 				obj = decodedObj