diff --git a/cmd/csi-provisioner/csi-provisioner.go b/cmd/csi-provisioner/csi-provisioner.go
index f19349f047..01b1f543c3 100644
--- a/cmd/csi-provisioner/csi-provisioner.go
+++ b/cmd/csi-provisioner/csi-provisioner.go
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func main() {
 				Name: "#%123-invalid-name",
 			},
 		}
-		createdCapacity, err := clientset.StorageV1().CSIStorageCapacities("default").Create(ctx, invalidCapacity, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+		createdCapacity, err := clientset.StorageV1().CSIStorageCapacities(namespace).Create(ctx, invalidCapacity, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 		switch {
 		case err == nil:
 			klog.Fatalf("creating an invalid v1.CSIStorageCapacity didn't fail as expected, got: %s", createdCapacity)