diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation.go
index 1dcfc699e80..e284101607f 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation.go
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ func ValidateKubeSchedulerConfiguration(cc *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration) u
 	var errs []error
 	errs = append(errs, componentbasevalidation.ValidateClientConnectionConfiguration(&cc.ClientConnection, field.NewPath("clientConnection")).ToAggregate())
 	errs = append(errs, componentbasevalidation.ValidateLeaderElectionConfiguration(&cc.LeaderElection, field.NewPath("leaderElection")).ToAggregate())
+
+	// TODO: This can be removed when ResourceLock is not available
+	// Only ResourceLock values with leases are allowed
+	if cc.LeaderElection.LeaderElect && cc.LeaderElection.ResourceLock != "leases" {
+		leaderElectionPath := field.NewPath("leaderElection")
+		errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(leaderElectionPath.Child("resourceLock"), cc.LeaderElection.ResourceLock, `resourceLock value must be "leases"`))
+	}
+
 	profilesPath := field.NewPath("profiles")
 	if cc.Parallelism <= 0 {
 		errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("parallelism"), cc.Parallelism, "should be an integer value greater than zero"))
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
index 6dce867b3c6..ddb9a9ccc91 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfigurationV1beta2(t *testing.T) {
 			Burst:              10,
 		},
 		LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-			ResourceLock:      "configmap",
+			ResourceLock:      "leases",
 			LeaderElect:       true,
 			LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 30 * time.Second},
 			RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfigurationV1beta2(t *testing.T) {
 	resourceNamespaceNotSet := validConfig.DeepCopy()
 	resourceNamespaceNotSet.LeaderElection.ResourceNamespace = ""
 
+	resourceLockNotLeases := validConfig.DeepCopy()
+	resourceLockNotLeases.LeaderElection.ResourceLock = "configmap"
+
 	enableContentProfilingSetWithoutEnableProfiling := validConfig.DeepCopy()
 	enableContentProfilingSetWithoutEnableProfiling.EnableProfiling = false
 	enableContentProfilingSetWithoutEnableProfiling.EnableContentionProfiling = true
@@ -248,6 +251,15 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfigurationV1beta2(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		"bad-resource-lock-not-leases": {
+			config: resourceLockNotLeases,
+			wantErrs: field.ErrorList{
+				&field.Error{
+					Type:  field.ErrorTypeInvalid,
+					Field: "leaderElection.resourceLock",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		"non-empty-metrics-bind-addr": {
 			config: metricsBindAddrInvalid,
 			wantErrs: field.ErrorList{
@@ -432,7 +444,7 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfigurationV1beta3(t *testing.T) {
 			Burst:              10,
 		},
 		LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-			ResourceLock:      "configmap",
+			ResourceLock:      "leases",
 			LeaderElect:       true,
 			LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 30 * time.Second},
 			RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
@@ -487,6 +499,9 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfigurationV1beta3(t *testing.T) {
 	resourceNameNotSet := validConfig.DeepCopy()
 	resourceNameNotSet.LeaderElection.ResourceName = ""
 
+	resourceLockNotLeases := validConfig.DeepCopy()
+	resourceLockNotLeases.LeaderElection.ResourceLock = "configmap"
+
 	resourceNamespaceNotSet := validConfig.DeepCopy()
 	resourceNamespaceNotSet.LeaderElection.ResourceNamespace = ""
 
@@ -631,6 +646,15 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfigurationV1beta3(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		"bad-resource-lock-not-leases": {
+			config: resourceLockNotLeases,
+			wantErrs: field.ErrorList{
+				&field.Error{
+					Type:  field.ErrorTypeInvalid,
+					Field: "leaderElection.resourceLock",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		"bad-resource-namespace-not-set": {
 			config: resourceNamespaceNotSet,
 			wantErrs: field.ErrorList{
@@ -824,7 +848,7 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfigurationV1(t *testing.T) {
 			Burst:              10,
 		},
 		LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-			ResourceLock:      "configmap",
+			ResourceLock:      "leases",
 			LeaderElect:       true,
 			LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 30 * time.Second},
 			RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
@@ -883,6 +907,9 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfigurationV1(t *testing.T) {
 	resourceNamespaceNotSet := validConfig.DeepCopy()
 	resourceNamespaceNotSet.LeaderElection.ResourceNamespace = ""
 
+	resourceLockNotLeases := validConfig.DeepCopy()
+	resourceLockNotLeases.LeaderElection.ResourceLock = "configmap"
+
 	enableContentProfilingSetWithoutEnableProfiling := validConfig.DeepCopy()
 	enableContentProfilingSetWithoutEnableProfiling.EnableProfiling = false
 	enableContentProfilingSetWithoutEnableProfiling.EnableContentionProfiling = true
@@ -1030,6 +1057,15 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfigurationV1(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		"bad-resource-lock-not-leases": {
+			config: resourceLockNotLeases,
+			wantErrs: field.ErrorList{
+				&field.Error{
+					Type:  field.ErrorTypeInvalid,
+					Field: "leaderElection.resourceLock",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		"non-empty-metrics-bind-addr": {
 			config: metricsBindAddrInvalid,
 			wantErrs: field.ErrorList{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/options/generic.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/options/generic.go
index bb7e8c7d411..45c086b11f2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/options/generic.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/options/generic.go
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ func (o *GenericControllerManagerConfigurationOptions) Validate(allControllers [
 	errs := []error{}
 	errs = append(errs, o.Debugging.Validate()...)
 
+	// TODO: This can be removed when ResourceLock is not available
+	// Lock the ResourceLock using leases
+	if o.LeaderElection.LeaderElect && o.LeaderElection.ResourceLock != "leases" {
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(`resourceLock value must be "leases"`))
+	}
+
 	allControllersSet := sets.NewString(allControllers...)
 	for _, controller := range o.Controllers {
 		if controller == "*" {