diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/cmd/process.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/cmd/process.go
index 073729a27922..07876a9b14a0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/cmd/process.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/cmd/process.go
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ func RunProcess(f *clientcmd.Factory, in io.Reader, out, errout io.Writer, cmd *
 		infos = append(infos, &resource.Info{Object: templateObj})
 	} else {
 		infos, err = resource.NewBuilder(mapper, typer, clientMappingFn, kapi.Codecs.UniversalDecoder()).
-			NamespaceParam(namespace).RequireNamespace().
 			FilenameParam(explicit, &resource.FilenameOptions{Recursive: false, Filenames: []string{filename}}).
 			Do().
 			Infos()
diff --git a/test/cmd/templates.sh b/test/cmd/templates.sh
index 171e6ca9d5e9..584126084553 100755
--- a/test/cmd/templates.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/templates.sh
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ os::cmd::expect_success 'oc process template/ruby-helloworld-sample'
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc process templates/ruby-helloworld-sample'
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc process openshift//ruby-helloworld-sample'
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc process openshift/template/ruby-helloworld-sample'
+os::cmd::expect_success 'oc get template ruby-helloworld-sample -n openshift -o yaml | oc process -f -'
 export KUBECONFIG=${old}
 echo "processing templates in different namespace: ok"
 os::test::junit::declare_suite_end