diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go
index db77f4efea84..ba7b5ec891f7 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store.go
@@ -1199,9 +1199,6 @@ func (e *Store) calculateTTL(obj runtime.Object, defaultTTL int64, update bool)
 // present when the object is exported.
 func exportObjectMeta(accessor metav1.Object, exact bool) {
 	accessor.SetUID("")
-	if !exact {
-		accessor.SetNamespace("")
-	}
 	accessor.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{})
 	accessor.SetDeletionTimestamp(nil)
 	accessor.SetResourceVersion("")