diff --git a/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization_test.go b/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization_test.go
index fc2a9c67ce..a381a61f0a 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization_test.go
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ func TestDiffKustomization(t *testing.T) {
 			objectFile: "./testdata/diff-kustomization/stringdata-sops-secret.yaml",
 			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/diff-with-drifted-stringdata-sops-secret.golden"),
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "diff where kustomization file has multiple objects with the same name",
+			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo --progress-bar=false --kustomization-file ./testdata/diff-kustomization/flux-kustomization-multiobj.yaml",
+			objectFile: "",
+			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/nothing-is-deployed.golden"),
+		},
 	}
 
 	tmpl := map[string]string{
diff --git a/cmd/flux/testdata/diff-kustomization/flux-kustomization-multiobj.yaml b/cmd/flux/testdata/diff-kustomization/flux-kustomization-multiobj.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53b03336ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/flux/testdata/diff-kustomization/flux-kustomization-multiobj.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+
+---
+apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: Kustomization
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+spec:
+  interval: 5m0s
+  path: ./kustomize
+  force: true
+  prune: true
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: GitRepository
+    name: podinfo
+  targetNamespace: default
diff --git a/internal/build/build.go b/internal/build/build.go
index a9e55c6840..f05ce12391 100644
--- a/internal/build/build.go
+++ b/internal/build/build.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (b *Builder) unMarshallKustomization() (*kustomizev1.Kustomization, error)
 	k := &kustomizev1.Kustomization{}
 	decoder := k8syaml.NewYAMLOrJSONDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(data), len(data))
 	// check for kustomization in yaml with the same name and namespace
-	for !(k.Name == b.name && (k.Namespace == b.namespace || k.Namespace == "")) {
+	for {
 		err = decoder.Decode(k)
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == io.EOF {
@@ -343,6 +343,13 @@ func (b *Builder) unMarshallKustomization() (*kustomizev1.Kustomization, error)
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshall kustomization file %s: %w", b.kustomizationFile, err)
 			}
 		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(k.APIVersion, kustomizev1.GroupVersion.Group+"/") &&
+			k.Kind == kustomizev1.KustomizationKind &&
+			k.Name == b.name &&
+			(k.Namespace == b.namespace || k.Namespace == "") {
+			break
+		}
 	}
 	return k, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/build/build_test.go b/internal/build/build_test.go
index cb40c82c03..be62abc50c 100644
--- a/internal/build/build_test.go
+++ b/internal/build/build_test.go
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ func Test_unMarshallKustomization(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErr:     true,
 			errString:   "failed find kustomization with name",
 		},
+		{
+			name:        "yaml containing other resource with same name as kustomization",
+			localKsFile: "testdata/local-kustomization/invalid-resource.yaml",
+			wantErr:     true,
+			errString:   "failed find kustomization with name",
+		},
 	}
 
 	b := &Builder{
@@ -324,7 +330,10 @@ func Test_ResolveKustomization(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	b := &Builder{}
+	b := &Builder{
+		name:      "podinfo",
+		namespace: "flux-system",
+	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			b.kustomizationFile = tt.localKsFile
diff --git a/internal/build/testdata/local-kustomization/invalid-resource.yaml b/internal/build/testdata/local-kustomization/invalid-resource.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51287766a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/build/testdata/local-kustomization/invalid-resource.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo