diff --git a/pkg/custom-provider/series_registry.go b/pkg/custom-provider/series_registry.go
index d4a021ff..8d1bb897 100644
--- a/pkg/custom-provider/series_registry.go
+++ b/pkg/custom-provider/series_registry.go
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ func (r *basicSeriesRegistry) SetSeries(newSeriesSlices [][]prom.Series, namers
 					Metric:        name,
 				}
 
-				// namespace metrics aren't counted as namespaced
-				if resource == naming.NsGroupResource {
+				// some metrics aren't counted as namespaced
+				if resource == naming.NsGroupResource || resource == naming.NodeGroupResource || resource == naming.PVGroupResource {
 					info.Namespaced = false
 				}
 
diff --git a/pkg/naming/resource_converter.go b/pkg/naming/resource_converter.go
index 4e536cfe..50d60333 100644
--- a/pkg/naming/resource_converter.go
+++ b/pkg/naming/resource_converter.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import (
 var (
 	GroupNameSanitizer = strings.NewReplacer(".", "_", "-", "_")
 	NsGroupResource    = schema.GroupResource{Resource: "namespaces"}
+	NodeGroupResource  = schema.GroupResource{Resource: "nodes"}
+	PVGroupResource    = schema.GroupResource{Resource: "persistentvolumes"}
 )
 
 // ResourceConverter knows the relationship between Kubernetes group-resources and Prometheus labels,
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ func (r *resourceConverter) ResourcesForSeries(series prom.Series) ([]schema.Gro
 				}
 			}
 
-			if groupRes == NsGroupResource {
+			if groupRes != NsGroupResource && groupRes != NodeGroupResource && groupRes != PVGroupResource {
 				namespaced = true
 			}
 		}