diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/resource.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/resource.py
index e095bd7802d91..65fd4d89d2d20 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/resource.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/resource.py
@@ -106,10 +106,9 @@ def get_crd_fields(self, body: dict) -> tuple[str, str, str, str]:
         group = api_version[0 : api_version.find("/")]
         version = api_version[api_version.find("/") + 1 :]
 
-        namespace = None
-        if body.get("metadata"):
-            metadata: dict = body.get("metadata", None)
-            namespace = metadata.get("namespace", None)
+        metadata = body.get("metadata", {}) if body else None
+        namespace = metadata.get("namespace") if metadata else None
+
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = self.get_namespace()