diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index e3adfd8430..6ab849880e 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -824,6 +824,13 @@ func ValidateDataLocalityAndReplicaCount(mode longhorn.DataLocality, count int)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func ValidateDataLocalityAndAccessMode(locality longhorn.DataLocality, migratable bool, mode longhorn.AccessMode) error {
+	if mode == longhorn.AccessModeReadWriteMany && !migratable && locality == longhorn.DataLocalityStrictLocal {
+		return fmt.Errorf("access mode %v (migratable: %v) is incompatible with data locality %v mode", mode, migratable, longhorn.DataLocalityStrictLocal)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func ValidateReplicaAutoBalance(option longhorn.ReplicaAutoBalance) error {
 	switch option {
 	case longhorn.ReplicaAutoBalanceIgnored,
diff --git a/webhook/resources/volume/validator.go b/webhook/resources/volume/validator.go
index 9e20ec96b6..b476ba2998 100644
--- a/webhook/resources/volume/validator.go
+++ b/webhook/resources/volume/validator.go
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ func (v *volumeValidator) Create(request *admission.Request, newObj runtime.Obje
 		return werror.NewInvalidError(err.Error(), "")
 	}
 
+	if err := types.ValidateDataLocalityAndAccessMode(volume.Spec.DataLocality, volume.Spec.Migratable, volume.Spec.AccessMode); err != nil {
+		return werror.NewInvalidError(err.Error(), "")
+	}
+
 	if err := types.ValidateReplicaAutoBalance(volume.Spec.ReplicaAutoBalance); err != nil {
 		return werror.NewInvalidError(err.Error(), "")
 	}