@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (

 type ProjectOptions struct {

 	Config       clientcmdapi.Config

-	Client       *client.Client

 	ClientConfig *restclient.Config

+	ClientFn     func() (*client.Client, error)

 	Out          io.Writer

 	PathOptions  *kubecmdconfig.PathOptions

@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ func (o *ProjectOptions) Complete(f *clientcmd.Factory, args []string, out io.Wr

 		return err

 	}

-	o.Client, _, err = f.Clients()

-	if err != nil {

-		return err

+	o.ClientFn = func() (*client.Client, error) {

+		client, _, err := f.Clients()

+		return client, err

 	}

 	o.Out = out

@@ -134,8 +134,12 @@ func (o ProjectOptions) RunProject() error {

 				return nil

 			}

-			_, err := o.Client.Projects().Get(currentProject)

+			client, err := o.ClientFn()

 			if err != nil {

+				return err

+			}

+

+			if _, err := client.Projects().Get(currentProject); err != nil {

 				if kapierrors.IsNotFound(err) {

 					return fmt.Errorf("the project %q specified in your config does not exist.", currentProject)

 				}

@@ -181,8 +185,12 @@ func (o ProjectOptions) RunProject() error {

 	} else {

 		if !o.SkipAccessValidation {

-			_, err := o.Client.Projects().Get(argument)

+			client, err := o.ClientFn()

 			if err != nil {

+				return err

+			}

+

+			if _, err := client.Projects().Get(argument); err != nil {

 				if isNotFound, isForbidden := kapierrors.IsNotFound(err), clientcmd.IsForbidden(err); isNotFound || isForbidden {

 					var msg string

 					if isForbidden {

@@ -191,7 +199,7 @@ func (o ProjectOptions) RunProject() error {

 						msg = fmt.Sprintf("A project named %q does not exist on %q.", argument, clientCfg.Host)

 					}

-					projects, err := getProjects(o.Client)

+					projects, err := getProjects(client)

 					if err == nil {

 						switch len(projects) {

 						case 0: