diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/live/run.go b/dgraph/cmd/live/run.go
index 4fcd3d1e17d..0398783c6ab 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/live/run.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/live/run.go
@@ -186,9 +186,8 @@ func init() {
 		"be used to store blank nodes as an xid")
 	flag.String("tmp", "t", "Directory to store temporary buffers.")
 	flag.Int64("force-namespace", 0, "Namespace onto which to load the data."+
-		"This flag will be ignored when not logging into galaxy namespace."+
-		"Only guardian of galaxy should use this for loading data into multiple namespaces."+
-		"Setting it to negative value will preserve the namespace.")
+		"Only guardian of galaxy should use this for loading data into multiple namespaces or some"+
+		"specific namespace. Setting it to negative value will preserve the namespace.")
 }
 
 func getSchema(ctx context.Context, dgraphClient *dgo.Dgraph, ns uint64) (*schema, error) {
@@ -714,16 +713,19 @@ func run() error {
 		tmpDir:          Live.Conf.GetString("tmp"),
 	}
 
+	forceNs := Live.Conf.GetInt64("force-namespace")
 	switch creds.GetUint64("namespace") {
 	case x.GalaxyNamespace:
-		ns := Live.Conf.GetInt64("force-namespace")
-		if ns < 0 {
+		if forceNs < 0 {
 			opt.preserveNs = true
 			opt.namespaceToLoad = math.MaxUint64
 		} else {
-			opt.namespaceToLoad = uint64(ns)
+			opt.namespaceToLoad = uint64(forceNs)
 		}
 	default:
+		if Live.Conf.IsSet("force-namespace") && uint64(forceNs) != creds.GetUint64("namespace") {
+			return errors.Errorf("cannot load into namespace %#x", forceNs)
+		}
 		opt.namespaceToLoad = creds.GetUint64("namespace")
 	}
 
diff --git a/systest/multi-tenancy/basic_test.go b/systest/multi-tenancy/basic_test.go
index 473bf727af0..4437f0956f6 100644
--- a/systest/multi-tenancy/basic_test.go
+++ b/systest/multi-tenancy/basic_test.go
@@ -278,8 +278,7 @@ func TestLiveLoadMulti(t *testing.T) {
 		schema: `
 		name: string @index(term) .
 `,
-		creds: &testutil.LoginParams{UserID: "groot", Passwd: "password",
-			Namespace: x.GalaxyNamespace},
+		creds:   galaxyCreds,
 		forceNs: int64(ns),
 	}))
 
@@ -301,26 +300,46 @@ func TestLiveLoadMulti(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Try loading into a multiple namespaces.
 	err = liveLoadData(t, &liveOpts{
-		rdfs:   fmt.Sprintf(`_:c <name> "ns eon" <%#x> .`, ns),
-		schema: `[0x123456] name: string @index(term) .`,
-		creds: &testutil.LoginParams{UserID: "groot", Passwd: "password",
-			Namespace: x.GalaxyNamespace},
+		rdfs:    fmt.Sprintf(`_:c <name> "ns eon" <%#x> .`, ns),
+		schema:  `[0x123456] name: string @index(term) .`,
+		creds:   galaxyCreds,
 		forceNs: -1,
 	})
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Namespace 0x123456 doesn't exist for pred")
 
 	err = liveLoadData(t, &liveOpts{
-		rdfs:   fmt.Sprintf(`_:c <name> "ns eon" <0x123456> .`),
-		schema: `name: string @index(term) .`,
-		creds: &testutil.LoginParams{UserID: "groot", Passwd: "password",
-			Namespace: x.GalaxyNamespace},
+		rdfs:    fmt.Sprintf(`_:c <name> "ns eon" <0x123456> .`),
+		schema:  `name: string @index(term) .`,
+		creds:   galaxyCreds,
 		forceNs: -1,
 	})
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Cannot load nquad")
 
 	// Load data by non-galaxy user.
+	err = liveLoadData(t, &liveOpts{
+		rdfs: `_:c <name> "ns hola" .`,
+		schema: `
+		name: string @index(term) .
+`,
+		creds:   &testutil.LoginParams{UserID: "groot", Passwd: "password", Namespace: ns},
+		forceNs: -1,
+	})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "cannot load into namespace")
+
+	err = liveLoadData(t, &liveOpts{
+		rdfs: `_:c <name> "ns hola" .`,
+		schema: `
+		name: string @index(term) .
+`,
+		creds:   &testutil.LoginParams{UserID: "groot", Passwd: "password", Namespace: ns},
+		forceNs: 10,
+	})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "cannot load into namespace")
+
 	require.NoError(t, liveLoadData(t, &liveOpts{
 		rdfs: fmt.Sprintf(`
 		_:a <name> "ns free" .
@@ -330,10 +349,8 @@ func TestLiveLoadMulti(t *testing.T) {
 		schema: `
 		name: string @index(term) .
 `,
-		creds:   &testutil.LoginParams{UserID: "groot", Passwd: "password", Namespace: ns},
-		forceNs: -1, // this will be ignored.
+		creds: &testutil.LoginParams{UserID: "groot", Passwd: "password", Namespace: ns},
 	}))
-
 	resp = testutil.QueryData(t, dc1, query3)
 	testutil.CompareJSON(t,
 		`{"me": [{"name":"ns alice"}, {"name": "ns bob"},{"name":"ns chew"},
diff --git a/testutil/bulk.go b/testutil/bulk.go
index c27979143fe..ff8f3a1f0e4 100644
--- a/testutil/bulk.go
+++ b/testutil/bulk.go
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ func LiveLoad(opts LiveOpts) error {
 		"--schema", opts.SchemaFile,
 		"--alpha", opts.Alpha,
 		"--zero", opts.Zero,
-		"--force-namespace", strconv.FormatInt(opts.ForceNs, 10),
+	}
+	if opts.ForceNs != 0 {
+		args = append(args, "--force-namespace", strconv.FormatInt(opts.ForceNs, 10))
 	}
 	if opts.Ludicrous {
 		args = append(args, "--ludicrous")