diff --git a/internal/view/exec.go b/internal/view/exec.go
index f73f3b2d..e84b9a8e 100644
--- a/internal/view/exec.go
+++ b/internal/view/exec.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	kerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
@@ -239,3 +240,12 @@ func k9sShellPod(node string, cfg *config.ShellPod) v1.Pod {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func asResource(r config.Limits) v1.ResourceRequirements {
+	return v1.ResourceRequirements{
+		Limits: v1.ResourceList{
+			v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse(r[v1.ResourceCPU]),
+			v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse(r[v1.ResourceMemory]),
+		},
+	}
+}