diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-config-map/component.js b/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-config-map/component.js
index b26ca2114..f638bf390 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-config-map/component.js
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-config-map/component.js
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ export default Component.extend(ViewNewEdit, OptionallyNamespaced, {
   },
 
   validate() {
-    return true;
+    const errors = [];
+    errors.pushObjects(get(this,'namespaceErrors')||[]);
+    set(this,'errors', errors);
+    return errors.length === 0;
   },
 
   doSave() {
diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-secret/component.js b/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-secret/component.js
index 47d9c27f2..20a22ddd3 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-secret/component.js
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-secret/component.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { set } from '@ember/object';
+import { get, set } from '@ember/object';
 import Component from '@ember/component';
 import ViewNewEdit from 'shared/mixins/view-new-edit';
 import OptionallyNamespaced from 'shared/mixins/optionally-namespaced';
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ export default Component.extend(ViewNewEdit, OptionallyNamespaced, {
 
   projectType: 'secret',
   namespacedType: 'namespacedSecret',
+
+  validate() {
+    const errors = [];
+    errors.pushObjects(get(this,'namespaceErrors')||[]);
+    set(this,'errors', errors);
+    return errors.length === 0;
+  },
+
   doSave() {
     let self = this;
     let sup = self._super;
diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-secret/template.hbs b/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-secret/template.hbs
index 4779f12ad..44e46597a 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-secret/template.hbs
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/components/cru-secret/template.hbs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   }}
 {{/if}}
 
-{{optionally-namespaced scope=scope mode=mode namespace=namespace model=model}}
+{{optionally-namespaced namespaceErrors=namespaceErrors scope=scope mode=mode namespace=namespace model=model}}
 
 <div class="box mt-10">
   <label class="acc-label">{{t 'newSecret.values.label'}}</label>
diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/components/optionally-namespaced/component.js b/lib/shared/addon/components/optionally-namespaced/component.js
index da563ebc2..1ae5a361d 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/components/optionally-namespaced/component.js
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/components/optionally-namespaced/component.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export default Component.extend({
   scope: null,
   namespace: null,
   model: null,
+  namespaceErrors: null,
 
   isView:  equal('mode', VIEW),
   isNew:   equal('mode', NEW),