diff --git a/test/podspec_test.go b/test/podspec_test.go
index 0444660d..8907c0ee 100644
--- a/test/podspec_test.go
+++ b/test/podspec_test.go
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ var _ = Describe(
 					err = updateCluster(k8sClient, ctx, aeroCluster)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-					By("Using registry in CR")
+					By("Using registry and namespace in CR")
 					aeroCluster, err = getCluster(k8sClient, ctx, clusterNamespacedName)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
@@ -474,27 +474,28 @@ var _ = Describe(
 						operatorEnvVarRegistryNamespace)
 				})
 
-				It("Should be able to recover cluster after setting correct aerospike-init custom registry", func() {
+				It("Should be able to recover cluster after setting correct aerospike-init custom registry/namespace", func() {
 					operatorEnvVarRegistry := "docker.io"
 					operatorEnvVarRegistryNamespace := "aerospike"
-					incorrectCustomRegistry := "incorrect.registry"
+					incorrectCustomRegistryNamespace := "incorrectnamespace"
 
 					By("Using incorrect registry in CR")
 					aeroCluster, err := getCluster(k8sClient, ctx, clusterNamespacedName)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-					aeroCluster.Spec.PodSpec.AerospikeInitContainerSpec.ImageRegistry = incorrectCustomRegistry
-					aeroCluster.Spec.PodSpec.AerospikeInitContainerSpec.ImageRegistryNamespace = &operatorEnvVarRegistryNamespace
+					aeroCluster.Spec.PodSpec.AerospikeInitContainerSpec.ImageRegistryNamespace = &incorrectCustomRegistryNamespace
 					err = updateClusterWithTO(k8sClient, ctx, aeroCluster, time.Minute*1)
 					Expect(err).Should(HaveOccurred())
 
+					validateImageRegistryNamespace(k8sClient, ctx, aeroCluster, operatorEnvVarRegistry,
+						incorrectCustomRegistryNamespace)
+
 					By("Using correct registry name")
 					aeroCluster, err = getCluster(k8sClient, ctx, clusterNamespacedName)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-					// Empty imageRegistry, should use operator envVar docker.io
-					aeroCluster.Spec.PodSpec.AerospikeInitContainerSpec.ImageRegistry = operatorEnvVarRegistry
-					aeroCluster.Spec.PodSpec.AerospikeInitContainerSpec.ImageRegistryNamespace = &operatorEnvVarRegistryNamespace
+					// Nil ImageRegistryNamespace, should use operator envVar aerospike
+					aeroCluster.Spec.PodSpec.AerospikeInitContainerSpec.ImageRegistryNamespace = nil
 					err = updateCluster(k8sClient, ctx, aeroCluster)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
diff --git a/test/test.sh b/test/test.sh
index 8b1b83d5..a84d8754 100755
--- a/test/test.sh
+++ b/test/test.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ do
       a ) ARGS="$OPTARG" ;;
       r ) REGISTRY="$OPTARG" ;;
       p ) CRED_PATH="$OPTARG" ;;
-      n ) NAMESPACE="$OPTARG" ;;
+      n ) REGISTRY_NAMESPACE="$OPTARG" ;;
 
    esac
 done
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ done
 # Defaults
 CRED_PATH=${CRED_PATH:-$HOME/.docker/config.json}
 REGISTRY=${REGISTRY:-568976754000.dkr.ecr.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com}
-NAMESPACE=${NAMESPACE:-aerospike}
+REGISTRY_NAMESPACE=${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE:-aerospike}
 
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ echo "| Starting tests.... |"
 echo "---------------------"
 
 export CUSTOM_INIT_REGISTRY="$REGISTRY"
-export CUSTOM_INIT_REGISTRY_NAMESPACE="$NAMESPACE"
+export CUSTOM_INIT_REGISTRY_NAMESPACE="$REGISTRY_NAMESPACE"
 export IMAGE_PULL_SECRET_NAME="$IMAGE_PULL_SECRET"
 
 make test FOCUS="$FOCUS" ARGS="$ARGS"