diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/persistentstore.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/persistentstore.go
index e6abbe50d08..af75d5a0ba3 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/persistentstore.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/persistentstore.go
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ func (s *persistentStore) cleanupClaims(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (s *persistentStore) Insert(ctx context.Context, job *provisioning.Job) (*provisioning.Job, error) {
 	s.generateJobName(job) // Side-effect: updates the job's name.
 
+	ctx = request.WithNamespace(ctx, job.GetNamespace())
 	obj, err := s.jobStore.Create(ctx, job, nil, &metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 		return nil, apifmt.Errorf("job '%s' in '%s' already exists: %w", job.GetName(), job.GetNamespace(), err)