diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go
index 34de5dd02cf..40c2a16de7d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation.go
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ func ValidateKubeletConfiguration(kc *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) error
 	if (kc.ShutdownGracePeriod.Duration > 0 || kc.ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods.Duration > 0) && !localFeatureGate.Enabled(features.GracefulNodeShutdown) {
 		allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: Specifying ShutdownGracePeriod or ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods requires feature gate GracefulNodeShutdown"))
 	}
+	if localFeatureGate.Enabled(features.NodeSwapEnabled) {
+		if kc.MemorySwap.SwapBehavior != "" && kc.MemorySwap.SwapBehavior != "NoSwap" && kc.MemorySwap.SwapBehavior != "UnlimitedSwap" {
+			allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: MemorySwap.SwapBehavior %v must be one of: NoSwap, UnlimitedSwap", kc.MemorySwap.SwapBehavior))
+		}
+	}
 
 	for _, val := range kc.EnforceNodeAllocatable {
 		switch val {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
index 7b65714e7b6..87c7924d541 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -145,9 +145,11 @@ func TestValidateKubeletConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 		TopologyManagerPolicy:           kubeletconfig.NoneTopologyManagerPolicy,
 		ShutdownGracePeriod:             metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Minute},
 		ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: metav1.Duration{Duration: 0},
+		MemorySwap:                      kubeletconfig.MemorySwapConfiguration{SwapBehavior: "UnlimitedSwap"},
 		FeatureGates: map[string]bool{
 			"CustomCPUCFSQuotaPeriod": true,
 			"GracefulNodeShutdown":    true,
+			"NodeSwapEnabled":         true,
 		},
 		Logging: componentbaseconfig.LoggingConfiguration{
 			Format: "text",
@@ -225,15 +227,17 @@ func TestValidateKubeletConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 		TopologyManagerPolicy:           "invalid",
 		ShutdownGracePeriod:             metav1.Duration{Duration: 40 * time.Second},
 		ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+		MemorySwap:                      kubeletconfig.MemorySwapConfiguration{SwapBehavior: "invalid"},
 		FeatureGates: map[string]bool{
 			"CustomCPUCFSQuotaPeriod": true,
 			"GracefulNodeShutdown":    true,
+			"NodeSwapEnabled":         true,
 		},
 		Logging: componentbaseconfig.LoggingConfiguration{
 			Format: "text",
 		},
 	}
-	const numErrsErrorCase2 = 3
+	const numErrsErrorCase2 = 4
 	if allErrors := ValidateKubeletConfiguration(errorCase2); len(allErrors.(utilerrors.Aggregate).Errors()) != numErrsErrorCase2 {
 		t.Errorf("expect %d errors, got %v", numErrsErrorCase2, len(allErrors.(utilerrors.Aggregate).Errors()))
 	}