diff --git a/pkg/cli/environment.go b/pkg/cli/environment.go
index 60cce51a9..5c19734aa 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/environment.go
@@ -275,8 +275,10 @@ func (s *EnvSettings) EnvVars() map[string]string {
 
 // Namespace gets the namespace from the configuration
 func (s *EnvSettings) Namespace() string {
-	if ns, _, err := s.config.ToRawKubeConfigLoader().Namespace(); err == nil {
-		return ns
+	if s.config != nil {
+		if ns, _, err := s.config.ToRawKubeConfigLoader().Namespace(); err == nil {
+			return ns
+		}
 	}
 	if s.namespace != "" {
 		return s.namespace