diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount/validate.go b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount/validate.go
index 34e851461a0..72de42b7f35 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount/validate.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func ValidateOnCreate(ctx context.Context, obj *iamv0alpha1.ServiceAccount) erro
 	if !requester.HasRole(requestedRole) {
 		return apierrors.NewForbidden(iamv0alpha1.ServiceAccountResourceInfo.GroupResource(),
 			obj.Name,
-			fmt.Errorf("can not assign a role higher than user's role"))
+			fmt.Errorf("cannot assign a role higher than user's role"))
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount/validate_test.go b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount/validate_test.go
index 39703b83c83..d19aae3f7c8 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount/validate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/iam/serviceaccount/validate_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestValidateOnCreate(t *testing.T) {
 				OrgRole: identity.RoleViewer,
 			},
 			expectError:   true,
-			errorContains: "can not assign a role higher than user's role",
+			errorContains: "cannot assign a role higher than user's role",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "external service account - valid",
diff --git a/pkg/services/authz/rbac/mapper.go b/pkg/services/authz/rbac/mapper.go
index 40b42998fbd..950287a1059 100644
--- a/pkg/services/authz/rbac/mapper.go
+++ b/pkg/services/authz/rbac/mapper.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func NewMapperRegistry() MapperRegistry {
 			"folders": newResourceTranslation("folders", "uid", true, false),
 		},
 		"iam.grafana.app": {
-			"serviceaccounts": newResourceTranslation("serviceaccounts", "uid", false),
+			"serviceaccounts": newResourceTranslation("serviceaccounts", "uid", false, true),
 			// Teams is a special case. We translate user permissions from id to uid based.
 			"teams": newResourceTranslation("teams", "uid", false, true),
 			// No need to skip scope on create for roles because we translate `permissions:type:delegate` to `roles:*``
diff --git a/pkg/services/authz/rbac/store/permission_store.go b/pkg/services/authz/rbac/store/permission_store.go
index 89eafdde897..20b6e1d1e03 100644
--- a/pkg/services/authz/rbac/store/permission_store.go
+++ b/pkg/services/authz/rbac/store/permission_store.go
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ func (s *SQLPermissionsStore) GetUserPermissions(ctx context.Context, ns types.N
 		if err := res.Scan(&perm.Kind, &perm.Attribute, &perm.Identifier, &perm.Scope); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		// TODO: Why is the Scope set to '::' when it should be empty in the DB?
+		if perm.Scope == "::" {
+			perm.Scope = ""
+		}
 		perms = append(perms, perm)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/iam/service_account_integration_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/iam/service_account_integration_test.go
index f19be4e81e2..a248b21b387 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/iam/service_account_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/iam/service_account_integration_test.go
@@ -154,9 +154,8 @@ func doServiceAccountCRUDTestsUsingTheNewAPIs(t *testing.T, helper *apis.K8sTest
 			})
 
 		saClient := helper.GetResourceClient(apis.ResourceClientArgs{
-			User:      editorWithSACreate,
-			Namespace: helper.Namespacer(editorWithSACreate.Identity.GetOrgID()),
-			GVR:       gvrServiceAccounts,
+			User: editorWithSACreate,
+			GVR:  gvrServiceAccounts,
 		})
 
 		saToCreate := helper.LoadYAMLOrJSONFile("testdata/serviceaccount-test-higher-role-v0.yaml")
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ func doServiceAccountCRUDTestsUsingTheNewAPIs(t *testing.T, helper *apis.K8sTest
 		var statusErr *errors.StatusError
 		require.ErrorAs(t, err, &statusErr)
 		require.Equal(t, int32(403), statusErr.ErrStatus.Code)
-		require.Contains(t, statusErr.ErrStatus.Message, "can not assign a role higher than user's role")
+		require.Contains(t, statusErr.ErrStatus.Message, "cannot assign a role higher than user's role")
 	})
 
 	t.Run("should not be able to create service account without a title", func(t *testing.T) {