diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
index 72fa9bf7de1..ec46b1565a1 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/helper"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/service"
@@ -4316,6 +4317,124 @@ func TestValidatePod(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestValidatePodWithDisabledAffinityInAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
+	validPodSpec := func(affinity *api.Affinity) api.PodSpec {
+		spec := api.PodSpec{
+			Containers:    []api.Container{{Name: "ctr", Image: "image", ImagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent", TerminationMessagePolicy: "File"}},
+			RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicyAlways,
+			DNSPolicy:     api.DNSClusterFirst,
+		}
+		if affinity != nil {
+			spec.Affinity = affinity
+		}
+		return spec
+	}
+
+	utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Set("AffinityInAnnotations=False")
+	errorCases := []api.Pod{
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "123", Namespace: "ns"},
+			Spec: validPodSpec(&api.Affinity{
+				PodAffinity: &api.PodAffinity{
+					RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: []api.PodAffinityTerm{
+						{
+							LabelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+								MatchExpressions: []metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
+									{
+										Key:      "key2",
+										Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpIn,
+										Values:   []string{"value1", "value2"},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+							TopologyKey: "",
+							Namespaces:  []string{"ns"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "123", Namespace: "ns"},
+			Spec: validPodSpec(&api.Affinity{
+				PodAffinity: &api.PodAffinity{
+					PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: []api.WeightedPodAffinityTerm{
+						{
+							Weight: 10,
+							PodAffinityTerm: api.PodAffinityTerm{
+								LabelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+									MatchExpressions: []metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
+										{
+											Key:      "key2",
+											Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn,
+											Values:   []string{"value1", "value2"},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+								Namespaces:  []string{"ns"},
+								TopologyKey: "",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "123", Namespace: "ns"},
+			Spec: validPodSpec(&api.Affinity{
+				PodAntiAffinity: &api.PodAntiAffinity{
+					RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: []api.PodAffinityTerm{
+						{
+							LabelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+								MatchExpressions: []metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
+									{
+										Key:      "key2",
+										Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpIn,
+										Values:   []string{"value1", "value2"},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+							TopologyKey: "",
+							Namespaces:  []string{"ns"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+		},
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "123", Namespace: "ns"},
+			Spec: validPodSpec(&api.Affinity{
+				PodAntiAffinity: &api.PodAntiAffinity{
+					PreferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: []api.WeightedPodAffinityTerm{
+						{
+							Weight: 10,
+							PodAffinityTerm: api.PodAffinityTerm{
+								LabelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+									MatchExpressions: []metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
+										{
+											Key:      "key2",
+											Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn,
+											Values:   []string{"value1", "value2"},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+								Namespaces:  []string{"ns"},
+								TopologyKey: "",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range errorCases {
+		if errs := ValidatePod(&v); len(errs) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected failure for %v", errs)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValidatePodUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		activeDeadlineSecondsZero     = int64(0)