diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index efc73fe71c4..28aa8d8a2bb 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	CSIMigrationRBD: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha}, // Off by default (requires RBD CSI driver)
 
-	CSIMigrationvSphere: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.28
+	CSIMigrationvSphere: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA}, // LockToDefault when CSI driver with GA support for Windows, raw block and xfs features are available
 
 	CSINodeExpandSecret: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csimigration/plugin_manager_test.go b/pkg/volume/csimigration/plugin_manager_test.go
index c1517075f47..5a4449eb763 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csimigration/plugin_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csimigration/plugin_manager_test.go
@@ -112,6 +112,62 @@ func TestIsMigratable(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCheckMigrationFeatureFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                    string
+		pluginFeature           featuregate.Feature
+		pluginFeatureEnabled    bool
+		pluginUnregsiterFeature featuregate.Feature
+		pluginUnregsiterEnabled bool
+		expectMigrationComplete bool
+		expectErr               bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                    "plugin specific migration feature enabled with plugin unregister disabled",
+			pluginFeature:           features.CSIMigrationvSphere,
+			pluginFeatureEnabled:    true,
+			pluginUnregsiterFeature: features.InTreePluginvSphereUnregister,
+			pluginUnregsiterEnabled: false,
+			expectMigrationComplete: false,
+			expectErr:               false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "plugin specific migration feature and plugin unregister disabled",
+			pluginFeature:           features.CSIMigrationvSphere,
+			pluginFeatureEnabled:    false,
+			pluginUnregsiterFeature: features.InTreePluginvSphereUnregister,
+			pluginUnregsiterEnabled: false,
+			expectMigrationComplete: false,
+			expectErr:               false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "all features enabled",
+			pluginFeature:           features.CSIMigrationvSphere,
+			pluginFeatureEnabled:    true,
+			pluginUnregsiterFeature: features.InTreePluginvSphereUnregister,
+			pluginUnregsiterEnabled: true,
+			expectMigrationComplete: true,
+			expectErr:               false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("Testing %v", test.name), func(t *testing.T) {
+			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, test.pluginFeature, test.pluginFeatureEnabled)()
+			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, test.pluginUnregsiterFeature, test.pluginUnregsiterEnabled)()
+			migrationComplete, err := CheckMigrationFeatureFlags(utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, test.pluginFeature, test.pluginUnregsiterFeature)
+			if err != nil && test.expectErr == false {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if err == nil && test.expectErr == true {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected validation pass")
+			}
+			if migrationComplete != test.expectMigrationComplete {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected migrationComplete result. Exp: %v, got %v", test.expectMigrationComplete, migrationComplete)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMigrationFeatureFlagStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name                          string