diff --git a/pkg/cli/environment.go b/pkg/cli/environment.go
index a7aadf4af..eca29d591 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/environment.go
@@ -30,21 +30,20 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
-	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/helmpath"
-
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/helmpath"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/kube"
 )
 
 // EnvSettings describes all of the environment settings.
 type EnvSettings struct {
-
+	namespace  string
+	kubeConfig string
 	// KubeContext is the name of the kubeconfig context.
 	KubeContext string
 	// Debug indicates whether or not Helm is running in Debug mode.
 	Debug bool
-
 	// RegistryConfig is the path to the registry config file.
 	RegistryConfig string
 	// RepositoryConfig is the path to the repositories file.
@@ -58,17 +57,12 @@ type EnvSettings struct {
 var (
 	config     genericclioptions.RESTClientGetter
 	configOnce sync.Once
-
-	// Namespace is the namespace scope.
-	namespace string
-	// KubeConfig is the path to the kubeconfig file.
-	kubeConfig string
 )
 
 func New() *EnvSettings {
-	namespace = os.Getenv("HELM_NAMESPACE")
 
 	env := EnvSettings{
+		namespace:        os.Getenv("HELM_NAMESPACE"),
 		PluginsDirectory: envOr("HELM_PLUGINS", helmpath.DataPath("plugins")),
 		RegistryConfig:   envOr("HELM_REGISTRY_CONFIG", helmpath.ConfigPath("registry.json")),
 		RepositoryConfig: envOr("HELM_REPOSITORY_CONFIG", helmpath.ConfigPath("repositories.yaml")),
@@ -80,8 +74,8 @@ func New() *EnvSettings {
 
 // AddFlags binds flags to the given flagset.
 func (s *EnvSettings) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
-	fs.StringVarP(&namespace, "namespace", "n", namespace, "namespace scope for this request")
-	fs.StringVar(&kubeConfig, "kubeconfig", "", "path to the kubeconfig file")
+	fs.StringVarP(&s.namespace, "namespace", "n", s.namespace, "namespace scope for this request")
+	fs.StringVar(&s.kubeConfig, "kubeconfig", "", "path to the kubeconfig file")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.KubeContext, "kube-context", "", "name of the kubeconfig context to use")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.Debug, "debug", s.Debug, "enable verbose output")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.RegistryConfig, "registry-config", s.RegistryConfig, "path to the registry config file")
@@ -109,8 +103,8 @@ func (s *EnvSettings) EnvVars() map[string]string {
 
 //Namespace gets the namespace from the configuration
 func (s *EnvSettings) Namespace() string {
-	if namespace != "" {
-		return namespace
+	if s.namespace != "" {
+		return s.namespace
 	}
 
 	if ns, _, err := s.KubeConfig().ToRawKubeConfigLoader().Namespace(); err == nil {
@@ -122,7 +116,7 @@ func (s *EnvSettings) Namespace() string {
 //KubeConfig gets the kubeconfig from EnvSettings
 func (s *EnvSettings) KubeConfig() genericclioptions.RESTClientGetter {
 	configOnce.Do(func() {
-		config = kube.GetConfig(kubeConfig, s.KubeContext, namespace)
+		config = kube.GetConfig(s.kubeConfig, s.KubeContext, s.namespace)
 	})
 	return config
 }