diff --git a/k8s/plugin/src/main.rs b/k8s/plugin/src/main.rs
index 0baa00e74..96fe964bb 100644
--- a/k8s/plugin/src/main.rs
+++ b/k8s/plugin/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use plugin::ExecuteOperation;
 use resources::{init_rest, Error, Operations};
 pub mod resources;
 
-use std::{env, ops::Deref};
+use std::{env, ops::Deref, path::PathBuf};
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[clap(name = utils::package_description!(), version = utils::version_info_str!())]
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ struct CliArgs {
     #[clap(flatten)]
     args: resources::CliArgs,
 
+    /// Path to kubeconfig file.
+    #[clap(global = true, long, short = 'k')]
+    kube_config_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+
     /// Use namespace from the current `kubeconfig` context.
     #[clap(global = true, long, hide = true, default_value = "false")]
     namespace_from_context: bool,
@@ -28,10 +32,11 @@ struct CliArgs {
 impl CliArgs {
     async fn args() -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
         let mut args = CliArgs::parse();
+        args.args.kubeconfig = args.kube_config_path.clone();
         args.args.namespace = if let Some(namespace) = &args.namespace {
             namespace.to_string()
         } else if args.namespace_from_context {
-            let client = kube_proxy::client_from_kubeconfig(args.args.kube_config_path.clone())
+            let client = kube_proxy::client_from_kubeconfig(args.kube_config_path.clone())
                 .await
                 .map_err(|err| anyhow::anyhow!("{err}"))?;
             client.default_namespace().to_string()
diff --git a/k8s/plugin/src/resources/mod.rs b/k8s/plugin/src/resources/mod.rs
index da075cd27..0967c9331 100644
--- a/k8s/plugin/src/resources/mod.rs
+++ b/k8s/plugin/src/resources/mod.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ pub struct CliArgs {
     pub rest: Option<Url>,
 
     /// Path to kubeconfig file.
-    #[clap(global = true, long, short = 'k')]
-    pub kube_config_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    #[clap(skip)]
+    pub kubeconfig: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     /// Kubernetes namespace of mayastor service
     #[clap(skip)]
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ impl ExecuteOperation for Operations {
                 // todo: use generic execute trait
                 preflight_validations::preflight_check(
                     &cli_args.namespace,
-                    cli_args.kube_config_path.clone(),
+                    cli_args.kubeconfig.clone(),
                     cli_args.timeout,
                     resources,
                 )
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ pub async fn init_rest(cli_args: &CliArgs) -> Result<(), Error> {
         Some(url) => RestClient::init(url, false, *cli_args.timeout).map_err(Error::RestClient),
         None => {
             let config = kube_proxy::ConfigBuilder::default_api_rest()
-                .with_kube_config(cli_args.kube_config_path.clone())
+                .with_kube_config(cli_args.kubeconfig.clone())
                 .with_timeout(*cli_args.timeout)
                 .with_target_mod(|t| t.with_namespace(&cli_args.namespace))
                 .build()