diff --git a/install/generate_secrets.py b/install/generate_secrets.py
index f1eb31606192fcc0b46867bb66026083a70640bc..a9ed8e9f86da62f007aff06dc5444e9814f881ca 100644
--- a/install/generate_secrets.py
+++ b/install/generate_secrets.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def store_kubernetes_secret(secret_dict, namespace, update=False):
 def patch_kubernetes_secret(secret_dict, namespace):
     """Patches secret in the cluster with new data."""
     api_client_instance = api_client.ApiClient()
-    api_instance = client.CoreV1Api(apiclient)
+    api_instance = client.CoreV1Api(api_client_instance)
     name = secret_dict["metadata"]["name"]
     body = {}
     body["data"] = secret_dict["data"]