diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pipelineresource/delete.go b/pkg/cmd/pipelineresource/delete.go
index 8c1969119..53ad37c5e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pipelineresource/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pipelineresource/delete.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/cli/pkg/cli"
+	validateinput "github.com/tektoncd/cli/pkg/helper/validate"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	cliopts "k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 )
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ tkn res rm foo -n bar
 				Err: cmd.OutOrStderr(),
 			}
 
+			if err := validateinput.NamespaceExists(p); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
 			if err := checkOptions(opts, s, p, args[0]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pipelineresource/delete_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pipelineresource/delete_test.go
index a3b3eb8ce..e2536e8cd 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pipelineresource/delete_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pipelineresource/delete_test.go
@@ -23,9 +23,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1"
 	pipelinetest "github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/test"
 	tb "github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/test/builder"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 func TestPipelineResourceDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	ns := []*corev1.Namespace{
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: "ns",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
 	seeds := make([]pipelinetest.Clients, 0)
 	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
 		pres := []*v1alpha1.PipelineResource{
@@ -35,7 +45,7 @@ func TestPipelineResourceDelete(t *testing.T) {
 				),
 			),
 		}
-		cs, _ := test.SeedTestData(t, pipelinetest.Data{PipelineResources: pres})
+		cs, _ := test.SeedTestData(t, pipelinetest.Data{PipelineResources: pres, Namespaces: ns})
 		seeds = append(seeds, cs)
 	}
 
@@ -47,6 +57,14 @@ func TestPipelineResourceDelete(t *testing.T) {
 		wantError   bool
 		want        string
 	}{
+		{
+			name:        "Invalid namespace",
+			command:     []string{"rm", "pre-1", "-n", "invalid"},
+			input:       seeds[0],
+			inputStream: nil,
+			wantError:   true,
+			want:        "namespaces \"invalid\" not found",
+		},
 		{
 			name:        "With force delete flag (shorthand)",
 			command:     []string{"rm", "pre-1", "-n", "ns", "-f"},
@@ -91,7 +109,7 @@ func TestPipelineResourceDelete(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tp := range testParams {
 		t.Run(tp.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			p := &test.Params{Tekton: tp.input.Pipeline}
+			p := &test.Params{Tekton: tp.input.Pipeline, Kube: tp.input.Kube}
 			pipelineResource := Command(p)
 
 			if tp.inputStream != nil {