diff --git a/.changelog/10608.txt b/.changelog/10608.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e189257a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/10608.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+ui: **(Enterprise only)** Ensure permissions are checked based on the actively selected namespace
+```
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/adapters/permission.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/adapters/permission.js
index dcd357ae29..ee3a2110d4 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/adapters/permission.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/adapters/permission.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export default class PermissionAdapter extends Adapter {
   requestForAuthorize(request, { dc, ns, resources = [], index }) {
     // the authorize endpoint is slightly different to all others in that it
     // ignores an ns parameter, but accepts a Namespace property on each
-    // resource. Here we hide this different from the rest of the app as
+    // resource. Here we hide this difference from the rest of the app as
     // currently we never need to ask for permissions/resources for multiple
     // different namespaces in one call so here we use the ns param and add
     // this to the resources instead of passing through on the queryParameter
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/routes/dc.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/routes/dc.js
index 588fd296cc..e915478b74 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/routes/dc.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/routes/dc.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default class DcRoute extends Route {
     // When disabled nspaces is [], so nspace is undefined
     const permissions = await this.permissionsRepo.findAll({
       dc: params.dc,
-      nspace: get(nspace || {}, 'Name'),
+      ns: get(nspace || {}, 'Name'),
     });
     // the model here is actually required for the entire application
     // but we need to wait until we are in this route so we know what the dc
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/routes/settings.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/routes/settings.js
index 2b7f32f10d..d4cf8372c9 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/routes/settings.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/routes/settings.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default class SettingsRoute extends Route {
       typeof app.permissions === 'undefined'
         ? await this.permissionsRepo.findAll({
             dc: dc.Name,
-            nspace: nspace.Name,
+            ns: nspace.Name,
           })
         : app.permissions;