diff --git a/control/grpc.py b/control/grpc.py
index 05beb79d..929083f2 100644
--- a/control/grpc.py
+++ b/control/grpc.py
@@ -1170,7 +1170,8 @@ def create_namespace(self, subsystem_nqn, bdev_name, nsid, anagrpid, uuid, no_au
             self.logger.error(errmsg)
             return pb2.nsid_status(status=errno.EINVAL, error_message=errmsg)
 
-        if self.subsystem_nsid_bdev_and_uuid.get_namespace_count(subsystem_nqn, True, 0) >= self.max_namespaces_with_netmask:
+        if no_auto_visible and self.subsystem_nsid_bdev_and_uuid.get_namespace_count(subsystem_nqn,
+                                                                               True, 0) >= self.max_namespaces_with_netmask:
             errmsg = f"Failure adding namespace{nsid_msg} to {subsystem_nqn}, maximal number of namespaces which are not auto visible ({self.max_namespaces_with_netmask}) was already reached"
             self.logger.error(f"{errmsg}")
             return pb2.req_status(status=errno.E2BIG, error_message=errmsg)
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index a7fc976c..7222812e 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -494,6 +494,9 @@ def test_add_too_many_namespaces_with_hosts(self, caplog, gateway):
         caplog.clear()
         cli(["namespace", "add", "--subsystem", subsystem, "--rbd-pool", pool, "--rbd-image", image8, "--size", "16MB", "--rbd-create-image", "--no-auto-visible"])
         assert f"Failure adding namespace to {subsystem}, maximal number of namespaces which are not auto visible (3) was already reached" in caplog.text
+        caplog.clear()
+        cli(["namespace", "add", "--subsystem", subsystem, "--rbd-pool", pool, "--rbd-image", image8, "--size", "16MB", "--rbd-create-image"])
+        assert f"Adding namespace 11 to {subsystem}: Successful" in caplog.text
 
     def test_list_namespace_with_hosts(self, caplog, gateway):
         caplog.clear()