diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index b86889a1630..e5dba419354 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -4813,8 +4813,8 @@ func ValidateSecurityContext(sc *core.SecurityContext, fldPath *field.Path) fiel
 	}
 
 	if sc.RunAsUser != nil {
-		if *sc.RunAsUser < 0 {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("runAsUser"), *sc.RunAsUser, isNegativeErrorMsg))
+		for _, msg := range validation.IsValidUserID(*sc.RunAsUser) {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("runAsUser"), *sc.RunAsUser, msg))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
index 442adecfabd..ce8ede0f03e 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -11752,7 +11752,7 @@ func TestValidateSecurityContext(t *testing.T) {
 		"negative RunAsUser": {
 			sc:          negativeRunAsUser,
 			errorType:   "FieldValueInvalid",
-			errorDetail: isNegativeErrorMsg,
+			errorDetail: "must be between",
 		},
 	}
 	for k, v := range errorCases {