diff --git a/pkg/generate/parse.go b/pkg/generate/parse.go
index 76659f12..5813c69a 100644
--- a/pkg/generate/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/generate/parse.go
@@ -579,9 +579,7 @@ func (b *APIsBuilder) ParseStructsAndAliases(apigroup *APIGroup) {
 			result.GenDeepCopy = true
 		}
 
-		if next.Resource != nil {
-			result.NonNamespaced = IsNonNamespaced(next.Type)
-		}
+		result.NonNamespaced = IsNonNamespaced(next.Type)
 
 		if b.GenDeepCopy(next.Type) {
 			result.GenDeepCopy = true
diff --git a/pkg/generate/unversioned_generator.go b/pkg/generate/unversioned_generator.go
index e1540c82..5806ece3 100644
--- a/pkg/generate/unversioned_generator.go
+++ b/pkg/generate/unversioned_generator.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ type {{ $a.Name }} {{ $a.UnderlyingTypeName }}
 {{ range $s := .Structs -}}
 {{ if $s.GenUnversioned -}}
 {{ if $s.GenClient }}// +genclient{{end}}
-{{ if $s.GenClient }}// +genclient{{ if $s.NonNamespaced }}:nonNamespaced{{end}}{{end}}
+{{ if and $s.GenClient $s.NonNamespaced }}// +genclient:nonNamespaced{{end}}
 {{ if $s.GenDeepCopy }}// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object{{end}}
 
 type {{ $s.Name }} struct {