diff --git a/src/runtime/cli/kata-check.go b/src/runtime/cli/kata-check.go
index 66f6b2becb..2e3cb24103 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cli/kata-check.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cli/kata-check.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/cgroups"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/katautils"
 	vc "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci"
@@ -416,6 +417,11 @@ EXAMPLES:
 			return errors.New("check: cannot determine runtime config")
 		}
 
+		// check if cgroup can work use the same logic for creating containers
+		if _, err := vc.V1Constraints(); err != nil && err == cgroups.ErrMountPointNotExist && !runtimeConfig.SandboxCgroupOnly {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Cgroup v2 requires the following configuration: `sandbox_cgroup_only=true`.")
+		}
+
 		err := setCPUtype(runtimeConfig.HypervisorType)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err