diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config.go
index 908bce9e01cc5..1149b1c5e2eae 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/config.go
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ func eventReference() (*corev1.ObjectReference, error) {
 	}
 	if len(ns) == 0 {
 		pod = ""
-		ns = "kube-system"
+		ns = "openshift-kube-apiserver"
 	}
 	if len(pod) == 0 {
 		return &corev1.ObjectReference{