diff --git a/scripts/install-helm.sh b/scripts/install-helm.sh
index dc9636c11..3e422fb0f 100755
--- a/scripts/install-helm.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-helm.sh
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ install_cephcsi_helm_charts() {
         NAMESPACE="default"
     fi
 
+    kubectl_retry create namespace ${NAMESPACE}
+
     # label the nodes uniformly for domain information
     for node in $(kubectl_retry get node -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}'); do
         kubectl_retry label node/"${node}" ${NODE_LABEL_REGION}=${REGION_VALUE}
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ cleanup_cephcsi_helm_charts() {
     fi
     "${HELM}" uninstall ${CEPHFS_CHART_NAME} --namespace ${NAMESPACE}
     "${HELM}" uninstall ${RBD_CHART_NAME} --namespace ${NAMESPACE}
+    kubectl_retry delete namespace ${NAMESPACE}
 }
 
 helm_reset() {