diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/resource/resource_manager.go b/backend/src/apiserver/resource/resource_manager.go
index 82c13aa369f..cc9c865eb2d 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/resource/resource_manager.go
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/resource/resource_manager.go
@@ -975,12 +975,6 @@ func (r *ResourceManager) CreateJob(ctx context.Context, job *model.Job) (*model
 		return nil, util.NewInternalServerError(err, "Failed to create a recurring run with an invalid pipeline spec manifest")
 	}
 
-	// TODO(gkcalat): consider changing the flow. Other resource UUIDs are assigned by their respective stores (DB).
-	// Convert modelJob into scheduledWorkflow.
-	scheduledWorkflow, err := tmpl.ScheduledWorkflow(job)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, util.Wrap(err, "Failed to create a recurring run during scheduled workflow creation")
-	}
 	// Create a new ScheduledWorkflow at the ScheduledWorkflow client.
 	k8sNamespace := job.Namespace
 	if k8sNamespace == "" {
@@ -989,6 +983,15 @@ func (r *ResourceManager) CreateJob(ctx context.Context, job *model.Job) (*model
 	if k8sNamespace == "" {
 		return nil, util.NewInternalServerError(util.NewInvalidInputError("Namespace cannot be empty when creating an Argo scheduled workflow. Check if you have specified POD_NAMESPACE or try adding the parent namespace to the request"), "Failed to create a recurring run due to empty namespace")
 	}
+
+	job.Namespace = k8sNamespace
+
+	// TODO(gkcalat): consider changing the flow. Other resource UUIDs are assigned by their respective stores (DB).
+	// Convert modelJob into scheduledWorkflow.
+	scheduledWorkflow, err := tmpl.ScheduledWorkflow(job)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, util.Wrap(err, "Failed to create a recurring run during scheduled workflow creation")
+	}
 	newScheduledWorkflow, err := r.getScheduledWorkflowClient(k8sNamespace).Create(ctx, scheduledWorkflow)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && err.Timeout() {
@@ -1000,7 +1003,6 @@ func (r *ResourceManager) CreateJob(ctx context.Context, job *model.Job) (*model
 	swf := util.NewScheduledWorkflow(newScheduledWorkflow)
 	job.UUID = string(swf.UID)
 	job.K8SName = swf.Name
-	job.Namespace = swf.Namespace
 	job.Conditions = model.StatusState(swf.ConditionSummary()).ToString()
 	for _, modelRef := range job.ResourceReferences {
 		modelRef.ResourceUUID = string(swf.UID)