diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
index 94f4323a1b2..db63f968216 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -1716,6 +1716,12 @@ func (c *Cloud) AttachDisk(diskName KubernetesVolumeID, nodeName types.NodeName,
 	ec2Device := "/dev/xvd" + string(mountDevice)
 
 	if !alreadyAttached {
+		available, err := c.checkIfAvailable(disk, "attaching", awsInstance.awsID)
+
+		if !available {
+			attachEnded = true
+			return "", err
+		}
 		request := &ec2.AttachVolumeInput{
 			Device:     aws.String(ec2Device),
 			InstanceId: aws.String(awsInstance.awsID),
@@ -1948,9 +1954,48 @@ func (c *Cloud) DeleteDisk(volumeName KubernetesVolumeID) (bool, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
+	available, err := c.checkIfAvailable(awsDisk, "deleting", "")
+
+	if !available {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
 	return awsDisk.deleteVolume()
 }
 
+func (c *Cloud) checkIfAvailable(disk *awsDisk, opName string, instance string) (bool, error) {
+	info, err := disk.describeVolume()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Error describing volume %q: %q", disk.awsID, err)
+		// if for some reason we can not describe volume we will return error
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	volumeState := aws.StringValue(info.State)
+	opError := fmt.Sprintf("Error %s EBS volume %q", opName, disk.awsID)
+	if len(instance) != 0 {
+		opError = fmt.Sprintf("%q to instance %q", opError, instance)
+	}
+
+	// Only available volumes can be attached or deleted
+	if volumeState != "available" {
+		// Volume is attached somewhere else and we can not attach it here
+		if len(info.Attachments) > 0 {
+			attachment := info.Attachments[0]
+			attachErr := fmt.Errorf("%s since volume is currently attached to %q", opError, aws.StringValue(attachment.InstanceId))
+			glog.Error(attachErr)
+			return false, attachErr
+		}
+
+		attachErr := fmt.Errorf("%s since volume is in %q state", opError, volumeState)
+		glog.Error(attachErr)
+		return false, attachErr
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
+}
+
 func (c *Cloud) GetLabelsForVolume(pv *v1.PersistentVolume) (map[string]string, error) {
 	// Ignore any volumes that are being provisioned
 	if pv.Spec.AWSElasticBlockStore.VolumeID == volume.ProvisionedVolumeName {