diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD
index adbb3ae3483..cfd2f6e60c8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record:go_default_library",
     ] + select({
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:linux_amd64": [
+            "//pkg/api:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/api/v1/helper/qos:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/api/v1/resource:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/cm/util:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index fe22f48038e..8ba7d919429 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -490,14 +490,17 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) Start(node *v1.Node, activePods ActivePodsFunc)
 	// cache the node Info including resource capacity and
 	// allocatable of the node
 	cm.nodeInfo = node
-	// Setup the node
-	if err := cm.setupNode(activePods); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+
 	// Ensure that node allocatable configuration is valid.
 	if err := cm.validateNodeAllocatable(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	// Setup the node
+	if err := cm.setupNode(activePods); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// Don't run a background thread if there are no ensureStateFuncs.
 	hasEnsureStateFuncs := false
 	for _, cont := range cm.systemContainers {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/node_container_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/node_container_manager.go
index e95fd334938..7c817984b07 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/node_container_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/node_container_manager.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/events"
 	evictionapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/eviction/api"
 )
@@ -228,14 +229,26 @@ func hardEvictionReservation(thresholds []evictionapi.Threshold, capacity v1.Res
 // validateNodeAllocatable ensures that the user specified Node Allocatable Configuration doesn't reserve more than the node capacity.
 // Returns error if the configuration is invalid, nil otherwise.
 func (cm *containerManagerImpl) validateNodeAllocatable() error {
-	na := cm.GetNodeAllocatableReservation()
-	zeroValue := resource.MustParse("0")
 	var errors []string
-	for key, val := range na {
-		if val.Cmp(zeroValue) <= 0 {
-			errors = append(errors, fmt.Sprintf("Resource %q has an allocatable of %v", key, val))
+	nar := cm.GetNodeAllocatableReservation()
+	for k, v := range nar {
+		capacityClone, err := api.Scheme.DeepCopy(cm.capacity[k])
+		if err != nil {
+			errors = append(errors, fmt.Sprintf("DeepCopy capacity error"))
+		}
+		value, ok := capacityClone.(resource.Quantity)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"failed to cast object %#v to Quantity",
+				capacityClone)
+		}
+		value.Sub(v)
+
+		if value.Sign() < 0 {
+			errors = append(errors, fmt.Sprintf("Resource %q has an allocatable of %v, capacity of %v", k, v, value))
 		}
 	}
+
 	if len(errors) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid Node Allocatable configuration. %s", strings.Join(errors, " "))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/node_container_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/node_container_manager_test.go
index 3edb18fc219..29208186abc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/node_container_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/node_container_manager_test.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func TestNodeAllocatableForEnforcement(t *testing.T) {
 func TestNodeAllocatableInputValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	memoryEvictionThreshold := resource.MustParse("100Mi")
 	highMemoryEvictionThreshold := resource.MustParse("2Gi")
-	testCases := []struct {
+	cpuMemTestCases := []struct {
 		kubeReserved         v1.ResourceList
 		systemReserved       v1.ResourceList
 		capacity             v1.ResourceList
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func TestNodeAllocatableInputValidation(t *testing.T) {
 			invalidConfiguration: true,
 		},
 	}
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
+	for _, tc := range cpuMemTestCases {
 		nc := NodeConfig{
 			NodeAllocatableConfig: NodeAllocatableConfig{
 				KubeReserved:   tc.kubeReserved,
@@ -297,9 +297,74 @@ func TestNodeAllocatableInputValidation(t *testing.T) {
 			NodeConfig: nc,
 			capacity:   tc.capacity,
 		}
-		if err := cm.validateNodeAllocatable(); err != nil && !tc.invalidConfiguration {
+		err := cm.validateNodeAllocatable()
+		if err == nil && tc.invalidConfiguration {
+			t.Logf("Expected invalid node allocatable configuration")
+			t.FailNow()
+		} else if err != nil && !tc.invalidConfiguration {
+			t.Logf("Expected valid node allocatable configuration: %v", err)
+			t.FailNow()
+		}
+	}
+
+	storageEvictionThreshold := resource.MustParse("100Mi")
+	storageTestCases := []struct {
+		kubeReserved         v1.ResourceList
+		systemReserved       v1.ResourceList
+		capacity             v1.ResourceList
+		hardThreshold        evictionapi.ThresholdValue
+		invalidConfiguration bool
+	}{
+		{
+			kubeReserved:   getScratchResourceList("100Mi"),
+			systemReserved: getScratchResourceList("50Mi"),
+			capacity:       getScratchResourceList("500Mi"),
+		},
+		{
+			kubeReserved:   getScratchResourceList("10Gi"),
+			systemReserved: getScratchResourceList("10Gi"),
+			hardThreshold: evictionapi.ThresholdValue{
+				Quantity: &storageEvictionThreshold,
+			},
+			capacity:             getScratchResourceList("20Gi"),
+			invalidConfiguration: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range storageTestCases {
+		nc := NodeConfig{
+			NodeAllocatableConfig: NodeAllocatableConfig{
+				KubeReserved:   tc.kubeReserved,
+				SystemReserved: tc.systemReserved,
+				HardEvictionThresholds: []evictionapi.Threshold{
+					{
+						Signal:   evictionapi.SignalNodeFsAvailable,
+						Operator: evictionapi.OpLessThan,
+						Value:    tc.hardThreshold,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		cm := &containerManagerImpl{
+			NodeConfig: nc,
+			capacity:   tc.capacity,
+		}
+		err := cm.validateNodeAllocatable()
+		if err == nil && tc.invalidConfiguration {
+			t.Logf("Expected invalid node allocatable configuration")
+			t.FailNow()
+		} else if err != nil && !tc.invalidConfiguration {
 			t.Logf("Expected valid node allocatable configuration: %v", err)
 			t.FailNow()
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// getScratchResourceList returns a ResourceList with the
+// specified scratch storage resource values
+func getScratchResourceList(storage string) v1.ResourceList {
+	res := v1.ResourceList{}
+	if storage != "" {
+		res[v1.ResourceStorageScratch] = resource.MustParse(storage)
+	}
+	return res
+}