diff --git a/pkg/api/controller.go b/pkg/api/controller.go
index 4e3e7a34ad5..7004db34abe 100644
--- a/pkg/api/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/api/controller.go
@@ -1987,7 +1987,8 @@ func (c *Controller) CreateRepository(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, bo
 		writeResponse(w, r, http.StatusCreated, response)
 		return
 	}
-
+	// Since this is a read-only repository, there is no harm in case the storage namespace we use is already used by
+	// another repository or if we don't have write permissions for this namespace.
 	if !swag.BoolValue(body.ReadOnly) {
 		if err := c.ensureStorageNamespace(ctx, body.StorageNamespace); err != nil {
 			var (