diff --git a/pkg/liqoctl/authenticate/cluster.go b/pkg/liqoctl/authenticate/cluster.go
index 76f1ba1a95..deaf04484f 100644
--- a/pkg/liqoctl/authenticate/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/liqoctl/authenticate/cluster.go
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ func (c *Cluster) EnsureTenantNamespace(ctx context.Context, remoteClusterID liq
 
 	c.RemoteClusterID = remoteClusterID
 
-	if _, err := c.localNamespaceManager.CreateNamespace(ctx, c.RemoteClusterID); err != nil {
+	tenantNs, err := c.localNamespaceManager.CreateNamespace(ctx, c.RemoteClusterID)
+	if err != nil {
 		s.Fail(fmt.Sprintf("An error occurred while ensuring tenant namespace: %v", output.PrettyErr(err)))
 		return err
 	}
-	c.TenantNamespace = tenantnamespace.GetNameForNamespace(c.RemoteClusterID)
+	c.TenantNamespace = tenantNs.Name
 
 	s.Success("Tenant namespace correctly ensured")
 
diff --git a/pkg/liqoctl/network/cluster.go b/pkg/liqoctl/network/cluster.go
index b7a499827d..52b366ba0d 100644
--- a/pkg/liqoctl/network/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/liqoctl/network/cluster.go
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ func (c *Cluster) SetClusterIDs(ctx context.Context) error {
 // unless the user has explicitly set custom namespaces with the `--namespace` and/or `--remote-namespace` flags.
 // All the external network resources will be created in these namespaces in their respective clusters.
 func (c *Cluster) SetNamespaces(ctx context.Context, createTenantNs bool) error {
+	var err error
+
 	if c.localClusterID == "" || c.remoteClusterID == "" {
 		if err := c.SetClusterIDs(ctx); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -107,23 +109,44 @@ func (c *Cluster) SetNamespaces(ctx context.Context, createTenantNs bool) error
 	}
 
 	if c.local.Namespace == "" || c.local.Namespace == corev1.NamespaceDefault {
+		var localTenantNs *corev1.Namespace
+
 		if createTenantNs {
-			if _, err := c.localNamespaceManager.CreateNamespace(ctx, c.remoteClusterID); err != nil {
-				c.local.Printer.CheckErr(fmt.Errorf("an error occurred while creating tenant namespace: %v", output.PrettyErr(err)))
+			localTenantNs, err = c.localNamespaceManager.CreateNamespace(ctx, c.remoteClusterID)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.local.Printer.CheckErr(fmt.Errorf("an error occurred while creating local tenant namespace: %v", output.PrettyErr(err)))
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			localTenantNs, err = c.localNamespaceManager.GetNamespace(ctx, c.remoteClusterID)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.local.Printer.CheckErr(fmt.Errorf("an error occurred while retrieving local tenant namespace: %v", output.PrettyErr(err)))
 				return err
 			}
 		}
-		c.local.Namespace = tenantnamespace.GetNameForNamespace(c.remoteClusterID)
+
+		// Set the local namespace to the tenant namespace.
+		c.local.Namespace = localTenantNs.Name
 	}
 
 	if c.remote.Namespace == "" || c.remote.Namespace == corev1.NamespaceDefault {
+		var remoteTenantNs *corev1.Namespace
+
 		if createTenantNs {
-			if _, err := c.remoteNamespaceManager.CreateNamespace(ctx, c.localClusterID); err != nil {
-				c.remote.Printer.CheckErr(fmt.Errorf("an error occurred while creating tenant namespace: %v", output.PrettyErr(err)))
+			remoteTenantNs, err = c.remoteNamespaceManager.CreateNamespace(ctx, c.localClusterID)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.remote.Printer.CheckErr(fmt.Errorf("an error occurred while creating remote tenant namespace: %v", output.PrettyErr(err)))
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			remoteTenantNs, err = c.remoteNamespaceManager.GetNamespace(ctx, c.localClusterID)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.remote.Printer.CheckErr(fmt.Errorf("an error occurred while retrieving remote tenant namespace: %v", output.PrettyErr(err)))
 				return err
 			}
 		}
-		c.remote.Namespace = tenantnamespace.GetNameForNamespace(c.localClusterID)
+
+		c.remote.Namespace = remoteTenantNs.Name
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/tenantNamespace/namespaceManager.go b/pkg/tenantNamespace/namespaceManager.go
index 33b021e67e..6643279dde 100644
--- a/pkg/tenantNamespace/namespaceManager.go
+++ b/pkg/tenantNamespace/namespaceManager.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func NewCachedManager(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Interface, scheme *
 		func(lo *metav1.ListOptions) { lo.LabelSelector = labels.NewSelector().Add(*req).String() },
 	))
 	namespaceLister := factory.Core().V1().Namespaces().Lister()
-	listNamespaces := func(ctx context.Context, selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1.Namespace, err error) {
+	listNamespaces := func(_ context.Context, selector labels.Selector) (ret []*v1.Namespace, err error) {
 		return namespaceLister.List(selector)
 	}
 
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ func (nm *tenantNamespaceManager) CreateNamespace(ctx context.Context, cluster l
 
 // ForgeNamespace returns a Tenant Namespace resource object given name and clusterid.
 func (nm *tenantNamespaceManager) ForgeNamespace(cluster liqov1beta1.ClusterID, name *string) *v1.Namespace {
-	// If no name is provided use the default one provided by the GetNameForNamespace() function
-	nsname := GetNameForNamespace(cluster)
+	// If no name is provided use the default one provided by the getNameForNamespace() function
+	nsname := getNameForNamespace(cluster)
 	if name != nil {
 		nsname = *name
 	}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (nm *tenantNamespaceManager) GetNamespace(ctx context.Context, cluster liqo
 	}
 
 	if nItems := len(namespaces); nItems == 0 {
-		err = kerrors.NewNotFound(v1.Resource("Namespace"), GetNameForNamespace(cluster))
+		err = kerrors.NewNotFound(v1.Resource("Namespace"), string(cluster))
 		// do not log it always, since it is also used in the preliminary stage of the create method
 		klog.V(4).Info(err)
 		return nil, err
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (nm *tenantNamespaceManager) GetNamespace(ctx context.Context, cluster liqo
 	return namespaces[0].DeepCopy(), nil
 }
 
-// GetNameForNamespace given a cluster identity it returns the name of the tenant namespace for the cluster.
-func GetNameForNamespace(cluster liqov1beta1.ClusterID) string {
+// getNameForNamespace given a cluster identity it returns the default name of the tenant namespace for the cluster.
+func getNameForNamespace(cluster liqov1beta1.ClusterID) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", NamePrefix, foreignclusterutils.UniqueName(cluster))
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/cruise/multiplevirtualnodes/multiple_virtualnodes_test.go b/test/e2e/cruise/multiplevirtualnodes/multiple_virtualnodes_test.go
index 012d537ad5..db254712a8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/cruise/multiplevirtualnodes/multiple_virtualnodes_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/cruise/multiplevirtualnodes/multiple_virtualnodes_test.go
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ var (
 		return *req
 	}
 
-	createTestResourceSlice = func(cl client.Client, name string, providerClusterID liqov1beta1.ClusterID, createVirtualNode bool) {
-		tenantNs := tenantnamespace.GetNameForNamespace(providerClusterID)
+	createTestResourceSlice = func(cl client.Client, name, tenantNs string, providerClusterID liqov1beta1.ClusterID, createVirtualNode bool) {
 		resSlice := forge.ResourceSlice(name, tenantNs)
 		if resSlice.Labels == nil {
 			resSlice.Labels = map[string]string{}
@@ -175,10 +174,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Liqo E2E", func() {
 				for i := range testContext.Clusters {
 					if testContext.Clusters[i].Role == liqov1beta1.ConsumerRole {
 						consumer := testContext.Clusters[i]
+						nsManager := tenantnamespace.NewManager(consumer.NativeClient, consumer.ControllerClient.Scheme())
 						for j := range testContext.Clusters {
 							if testContext.Clusters[j].Role == liqov1beta1.ProviderRole {
 								provider := testContext.Clusters[j]
-								createTestResourceSlice(consumer.ControllerClient, fmt.Sprintf("rs-test-%s", provider.Cluster), provider.Cluster, true)
+								tenantNs, err := nsManager.GetNamespace(ctx, provider.Cluster)
+								Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+								createTestResourceSlice(consumer.ControllerClient,
+									fmt.Sprintf("rs-test-%s", provider.Cluster), tenantNs.Name, provider.Cluster, true)
 							}
 						}
 					}