diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_options.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_options.go
index a61e14ac856..03d472fcb3c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_options.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_options.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	kubefeatures "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -110,3 +112,17 @@ func NewStaticPolicyOptions(policyOptions map[string]string) (StaticPolicyOption
 	}
 	return opts, nil
 }
+
+func ValidateStaticPolicyOptions(opts StaticPolicyOptions, topology *topology.CPUTopology, topologyManager topologymanager.Store) error {
+	if opts.AlignBySocket == true {
+		//1. not compatible with topology manager single numa policy option
+		if topologyManager.GetPolicy().Name() == topologymanager.PolicySingleNumaNode {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Topolgy manager Single numa policy is incompatible with CPUManager Align  by socket policy option")
+		}
+		//2. not comptuble with topology when num_socets > num_numa
+		if topology.NumSockets > topology.NumNUMANodes {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Align by socket is not compatible with hardware where number of sockets are more than number of NUMA")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
index 0c3c241d360..7a3c314af27 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ func NewStaticPolicy(topology *topology.CPUTopology, numReservedCPUs int, reserv
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	err = ValidateStaticPolicyOptions(opts, topology, affinity)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	klog.InfoS("Static policy created with configuration", "options", opts)
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/fake_topology_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/fake_topology_manager.go
index 998bf484608..18d47e954ea 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/fake_topology_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/fake_topology_manager.go
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ func (m *fakeManager) GetAffinity(podUID string, containerName string) TopologyH
 	return *m.hint
 }
 
+func (m *fakeManager) GetPolicy() Policy {
+	return NewNonePolicy()
+}
+
 func (m *fakeManager) AddHintProvider(h HintProvider) {
 	klog.InfoS("AddHintProvider", "hintProvider", h)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/scope.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/scope.go
index 912aba3fde0..b1d174299c6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/scope.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/scope.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type podTopologyHints map[string]map[string]TopologyHint
 // Scope interface for Topology Manager
 type Scope interface {
 	Name() string
+	GetPolicy() Policy
 	Admit(pod *v1.Pod) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult
 	// AddHintProvider adds a hint provider to manager to indicate the hint provider
 	// wants to be consoluted with when making topology hints
@@ -88,6 +89,10 @@ func (s *scope) GetAffinity(podUID string, containerName string) TopologyHint {
 	return s.getTopologyHints(podUID, containerName)
 }
 
+func (s *scope) GetPolicy() Policy {
+    return s.policy
+}
+
 func (s *scope) AddHintProvider(h HintProvider) {
 	s.hintProviders = append(s.hintProviders, h)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
index 830703bd364..476479bae43 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ type HintProvider interface {
 // Store interface is to allow Hint Providers to retrieve pod affinity
 type Store interface {
 	GetAffinity(podUID string, containerName string) TopologyHint
+	GetPolicy() Policy
 }
 
 // TopologyHint is a struct containing the NUMANodeAffinity for a Container
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@ func (m *manager) GetAffinity(podUID string, containerName string) TopologyHint
 	return m.scope.GetAffinity(podUID, containerName)
 }
 
+func (m *manager) GetPolicy() Policy {
+       return m.scope.GetPolicy()
+}
+
 func (m *manager) AddHintProvider(h HintProvider) {
 	m.scope.AddHintProvider(h)
 }