diff --git a/pkg/spoke/addon/configuration.go b/pkg/spoke/addon/configuration.go
index da8405403..4da79b573 100644
--- a/pkg/spoke/addon/configuration.go
+++ b/pkg/spoke/addon/configuration.go
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ func (c *registrationConfig) x509Subject(clusterName, agentName string) *pkix.Na
 }
 
 // getAddOnInstallationNamespace returns addon installation namespace from addon spec.
-// If the installation namespace is not specified on addon spec, the addon default
+// It first checks the installation namespace in status then addon spec, the addon default
 // installation namespace open-cluster-management-agent-addon will be returned.
 func getAddOnInstallationNamespace(addOn *addonv1alpha1.ManagedClusterAddOn) string {
-	installationNamespace := addOn.Spec.InstallNamespace
+	installationNamespace := addOn.Status.Namespace
+	if installationNamespace == "" {
+		installationNamespace = addOn.Spec.InstallNamespace
+	}
 	if installationNamespace == "" {
 		installationNamespace = defaultAddOnInstallationNamespace
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/spoke/addon/configuration_test.go b/pkg/spoke/addon/configuration_test.go
index f445e1e8d..f57705598 100644
--- a/pkg/spoke/addon/configuration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/spoke/addon/configuration_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,27 @@ func TestGetRegistrationConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 				newRegistrationConfig(addOnName, addOnNamespace, "kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client", "", nil, false),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "namespace in status",
+			addon: &addonv1alpha1.ManagedClusterAddOn{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: testinghelpers.TestManagedClusterName,
+					Name:      addOnName,
+				},
+				Spec: addonv1alpha1.ManagedClusterAddOnSpec{},
+				Status: addonv1alpha1.ManagedClusterAddOnStatus{
+					Registrations: []addonv1alpha1.RegistrationConfig{
+						{
+							SignerName: "kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client",
+						},
+					},
+					Namespace: addOnNamespace,
+				},
+			},
+			configs: []registrationConfig{
+				newRegistrationConfig(addOnName, addOnNamespace, "kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client", "", nil, false),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "with default signer hosted mode",
 			addon: &addonv1alpha1.ManagedClusterAddOn{