diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation.go
index f4ed25ff8f4..f7ee0c38fce 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func ValidateKubeletConfiguration(kc *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) error
 	if utilvalidation.IsInRange(int(kc.ImageGCLowThresholdPercent), 0, 100) != nil {
 		allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: ImageGCLowThresholdPercent (--image-gc-low-threshold) %v must be between 0 and 100, inclusive", kc.ImageGCLowThresholdPercent))
 	}
+	if kc.ImageGCLowThresholdPercent >= kc.ImageGCHighThresholdPercent {
+		allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: ImageGCLowThresholdPercent (--image-gc-low-threshold) %v must be less than ImageGCHighThresholdPercent (--image-gc-high-threshold) %v", kc.ImageGCLowThresholdPercent, kc.ImageGCHighThresholdPercent))
+	}
 	if utilvalidation.IsInRange(int(kc.IPTablesDropBit), 0, 31) != nil {
 		allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: IPTablesDropBit (--iptables-drop-bit) %v must be between 0 and 31, inclusive", kc.IPTablesDropBit))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation_test.go
index 743508b315d..6b96a1c8fcd 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestValidateKubeletConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 		RegistryPullQPS:             -10,
 		HairpinMode:                 "foo",
 	}
-	if allErrors := ValidateKubeletConfiguration(errorCase); len(allErrors.(utilerrors.Aggregate).Errors()) != 21 {
-		t.Errorf("expect 21 errors got %v", len(allErrors.(utilerrors.Aggregate).Errors()))
+	if allErrors := ValidateKubeletConfiguration(errorCase); len(allErrors.(utilerrors.Aggregate).Errors()) != 22 {
+		t.Errorf("expect 22 errors got %v", len(allErrors.(utilerrors.Aggregate).Errors()))
 	}
 }