diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index b85c555896b..0db0de8023c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -6424,6 +6424,7 @@ func ValidateNode(node *core.Node) field.ErrorList {
 	// All status fields are optional and can be updated later.
 	// That said, if specified, we need to ensure they are valid.
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, ValidateNodeResources(node)...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateNodeSwapStatus(node.Status.NodeInfo.Swap, fldPath.Child("nodeSwapStatus"))...)
 
 	// validate PodCIDRS only if we need to
 	if len(node.Spec.PodCIDRs) > 0 {
@@ -8769,3 +8770,22 @@ func IsValidIPForLegacyField(fldPath *field.Path, value string, validOldIPs []st
 func IsValidCIDRForLegacyField(fldPath *field.Path, value string, validOldCIDRs []string) field.ErrorList {
 	return validation.IsValidCIDRForLegacyField(fldPath, value, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.StrictIPCIDRValidation), validOldCIDRs)
 }
+
+func validateNodeSwapStatus(nodeSwapStatus *core.NodeSwapStatus, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+	allErrors := field.ErrorList{}
+
+	if nodeSwapStatus == nil {
+		return allErrors
+	}
+
+	if nodeSwapStatus.Capacity != nil {
+		capacityFld := fldPath.Child("capacity")
+
+		errs := ValidatePositiveField(*nodeSwapStatus.Capacity, capacityFld)
+		if len(errs) > 0 {
+			allErrors = append(allErrors, errs...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return allErrors
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
index a6e3135e898..a744fee414d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -26758,3 +26758,64 @@ func TestValidatePodResize(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidateNodeSwapStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	makeNode := func(nodeSwapStatus *core.NodeSwapStatus) core.Node {
+		node := makeNode("test-node", nil)
+		node.Status.NodeInfo.Swap = nodeSwapStatus
+
+		return node
+	}
+	makeSwapStatus := func(capacity int64) *core.NodeSwapStatus {
+		return &core.NodeSwapStatus{
+			Capacity: ptr.To(capacity),
+		}
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name        string
+		expectError bool
+		node        core.Node
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "node with nil nodeSwapStatus",
+			expectError: false,
+			node:        makeNode(nil),
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "node with nil nodeSwapStatus.Capacity",
+			expectError: false,
+			node:        makeNode(&core.NodeSwapStatus{}),
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "node with positive capacity",
+			expectError: false,
+			node:        makeNode(makeSwapStatus(123456)),
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "node with zero capacity should be invalid (nodeSwapStatus should be nil)",
+			expectError: true,
+			node:        makeNode(makeSwapStatus(0)),
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "node with negative capacity should be invalid",
+			expectError: true,
+			node:        makeNode(makeSwapStatus(-123456)),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			errs := ValidateNode(&tc.node)
+
+			if len(errs) == 0 && tc.expectError {
+				t.Errorf("expected failure for %s, but there were none", tc.name)
+				return
+			}
+			if len(errs) != 0 && !tc.expectError {
+				t.Errorf("expected success for %s, but there were errors: %v", tc.name, errs)
+				return
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}