diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/NamespaceToNamespaceDtoMapper.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/NamespaceToNamespaceDtoMapper.java
index 70b85374ce..5067f95c0f 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/NamespaceToNamespaceDtoMapper.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/NamespaceToNamespaceDtoMapper.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class NamespaceToNamespaceDtoMapper {
       .self(links.namespace().self(namespace))
       .single(link("repositories", links.repositoryCollection().forNamespace(namespace)));
 
-    if (NamespacePermissions.permissionRead().isPermitted() || NamespacePermissions.permissionWrite().isPermitted()) {
+    if (NamespacePermissions.permissionRead().isPermitted()) {
       linkingTo
         .single(link("permissions", links.namespacePermission().all(namespace)));
     }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/RepositoryPermissionCollectionToDtoMapper.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/RepositoryPermissionCollectionToDtoMapper.java
index 6928dec872..db285c369a 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/RepositoryPermissionCollectionToDtoMapper.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/RepositoryPermissionCollectionToDtoMapper.java
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ public class RepositoryPermissionCollectionToDtoMapper {
   }
 
   private Links createLinks(Namespace namespace) {
-    if (!NamespacePermissions.permissionWrite().isPermitted()) {
-      NamespacePermissions.permissionRead().check();
-    }
+    NamespacePermissions.permissionRead().check();
     Links.Builder linksBuilder = linkingTo()
       .with(Links.linkingTo().self(resourceLinks.namespacePermission().all(namespace.getNamespace())).build());
     if (NamespacePermissions.permissionWrite().isPermitted()) {
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultNamespaceManager.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultNamespaceManager.java
index 6d6ef8963f..c291cfa97e 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultNamespaceManager.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultNamespaceManager.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class DefaultNamespaceManager implements NamespaceManager {
   }
 
   private Namespace createNamespaceForName(String namespace) {
-    if (NamespacePermissions.permissionRead().isPermitted() || NamespacePermissions.permissionWrite().isPermitted()) {
+    if (NamespacePermissions.permissionRead().isPermitted()) {
       return dao.get(namespace)
         .map(Namespace::clone)
         .orElse(new Namespace(namespace));
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/permissions.xml b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/permissions.xml
index 0889341d25..76d1e7fa46 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/permissions.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/permissions.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <value>namespace:permissionRead</value>
   </permission>
   <permission>
-    <value>namespace:permissionWrite</value>
+    <value>namespace:permissionRead,permissionWrite</value>
   </permission>
   <permission>
     <value>user:*</value>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/de/plugins.json b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/de/plugins.json
index f3372e2d85..cf2c29f21f 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/de/plugins.json
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/de/plugins.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         "displayName": "Berechtigungen auf Namespaces lesen",
         "description": "Darf die Berechtigungen auf Namespace-Ebene sehen"
       },
-      "permissionWrite": {
+      "permissionRead,permissionWrite": {
         "displayName": "Berechtigungen auf Namespaces modifizieren",
         "description": "Darf die Berechtigungen auf Namespace-Ebene lesen und bearbeiten"
       }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
index 3dfeef2300..4de2202976 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         "displayName": "Read permissions on namespaces",
         "description": "May see the permissions set for namespaces"
       },
-      "permissionWrite": {
+      "permissionRead,permissionWrite": {
         "displayName": "Modify permissions on namespaces",
         "description": "May read and modify the permissions set for namespaces"
       }