diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
index e7bf6a1b107..a8a799c3e53 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
@@ -362,8 +362,10 @@ func RunGet(f cmdutil.Factory, out, errOut io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args [
 				},
 			}
 			if listMeta, err := meta.ListAccessor(obj); err == nil {
-				list.Object["selfLink"] = listMeta.GetSelfLink()
-				list.Object["resourceVersion"] = listMeta.GetResourceVersion()
+				list.Object["metadata"] = map[string]interface{}{
+					"selfLink":        listMeta.GetSelfLink(),
+					"resourceVersion": listMeta.GetResourceVersion(),
+				}
 			}
 
 			for _, item := range items {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go
index 36f46105d27..265fa0e08ca 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsAsList(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expected := &unstructured.UnstructuredList{
-		Object: map[string]interface{}{"kind": "List", "apiVersion": "v1", "metadata": map[string]interface{}{}, "selfLink": "", "resourceVersion": ""},
+		Object: map[string]interface{}{"kind": "List", "apiVersion": "v1", "metadata": map[string]interface{}{"selfLink": "", "resourceVersion": ""}},
 		Items: []unstructured.Unstructured{
 			fn(&pods.Items[0]),
 			fn(&pods.Items[1]),