--- a/hack/lib/test.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/test.sh
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@
   local object=$2
   local request=$3
   local expected=$4
-  local args=${5:-}
+  local get_args=${5:-}
 
   for j in $(seq 1 ${tries}); do
-    res=$(eval kubectl get "${kube_flags[@]}" ${args} ${object} -o go-template=\"${request}\")
+    res=$(eval kubectl ${args} get "${kube_flags[@]}" ${get_args} ${object} -o go-template=\"${request\}")
     if [[ "${res}" =~ ^$expected$ ]]; then
         echo -n "${green}"
         echo "$(kube::test::get_caller 3): Successful get ${object} ${request}: ${res}"