diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/MachineLearningField.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/MachineLearningField.java
index 128f6315994a9..8be3d4e938893 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/MachineLearningField.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/MachineLearningField.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.license.License;
 import org.elasticsearch.license.LicensedFeature;
+import org.elasticsearch.license.XPackLicenseState;
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ public final class MachineLearningField {
         License.OperationMode.PLATINUM
     );
 
+    public static final LicensedFeature.Momentary ML_MODEL_INFERENCE_PLATINUM_FEATURE = LicensedFeature.momentary(
+        MachineLearningField.ML_FEATURE_FAMILY,
+        "model-inference-platinum-check",
+        License.OperationMode.PLATINUM
+    );
+
     private MachineLearningField() {}
 
     public static String valuesToId(String... values) {
@@ -51,4 +58,11 @@ public static String valuesToId(String... values) {
         System.arraycopy(Numbers.longToBytes(hash.h2), 0, hashedBytes, 8, 8);
         return new BigInteger(hashedBytes) + "_" + combined.length();
     }
+
+    public static boolean featureCheckForMode(License.OperationMode mode, XPackLicenseState licenseState) {
+        if (mode.equals(License.OperationMode.PLATINUM)) {
+            return ML_MODEL_INFERENCE_PLATINUM_FEATURE.check(licenseState);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/inference/TrainedModelConfig.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/inference/TrainedModelConfig.java
index cad6a3668c223..9ff0893de7207 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/inference/TrainedModelConfig.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/inference/TrainedModelConfig.java
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ public long getEstimatedOperations() {
     }
 
     // TODO if we ever support anything other than "basic" and platinum, we need to adjust our feature tracking logic
+    // Additionally, see `MachineLearningField. featureCheckForMode` for handling modes
     public License.OperationMode getLicenseLevel() {
         return licenseLevel;
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportInternalInferModelAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportInternalInferModelAction.java
index c3742b670bd61..1a3782225a037 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportInternalInferModelAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportInternalInferModelAction.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.ML_ORIGIN;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.executeAsyncWithOrigin;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MachineLearningField.featureCheckForMode;
 
 public class TransportInternalInferModelAction extends HandledTransportAction<Request, Response> {
 
@@ -82,8 +83,9 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, Request request, ActionListener<Response> li
                 request.getModelId(),
                 GetTrainedModelsAction.Includes.empty(),
                 ActionListener.wrap(trainedModelConfig -> {
-                    responseBuilder.setLicensed(licenseState.isAllowedByLicense(trainedModelConfig.getLicenseLevel()));
-                    if (licenseState.isAllowedByLicense(trainedModelConfig.getLicenseLevel()) || request.isPreviouslyLicensed()) {
+                    final boolean allowed = featureCheckForMode(trainedModelConfig.getLicenseLevel(), licenseState);
+                    responseBuilder.setLicensed(allowed);
+                    if (allowed || request.isPreviouslyLicensed()) {
                         doInfer(request, responseBuilder, listener);
                     } else {
                         listener.onFailure(LicenseUtils.newComplianceException(XPackField.MACHINE_LEARNING));
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportPutTrainedModelAliasAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportPutTrainedModelAliasAction.java
index d0c6611296b1c..37e7a5cefbcd0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportPutTrainedModelAliasAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportPutTrainedModelAliasAction.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MachineLearningField.featureCheckForMode;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.messages.Messages.TRAINED_MODEL_INPUTS_DIFFER_SIGNIFICANTLY;
 
 public class TransportPutTrainedModelAliasAction extends AcknowledgedTransportMasterNodeAction<PutTrainedModelAliasAction.Request> {
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ protected void masterOperation(
         ActionListener<AcknowledgedResponse> listener
     ) throws Exception {
         final boolean mlSupported = MachineLearningField.ML_API_FEATURE.check(licenseState);
-        final Predicate<TrainedModelConfig> isLicensed = (model) -> mlSupported || licenseState.isAllowedByLicense(model.getLicenseLevel());
+        final Predicate<TrainedModelConfig> isLicensed = (model) -> mlSupported
+            || featureCheckForMode(model.getLicenseLevel(), licenseState);
         final String oldModelId = ModelAliasMetadata.fromState(state).getModelId(request.getModelAlias());
 
         if (oldModelId != null && (request.isReassign() == false)) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/aggs/inference/InferencePipelineAggregationBuilder.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/aggs/inference/InferencePipelineAggregationBuilder.java
index e321d8ccf28e4..e2e13810cd28c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/aggs/inference/InferencePipelineAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/aggs/inference/InferencePipelineAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MachineLearningField.featureCheckForMode;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.utils.SecondaryAuthorizationUtils.useSecondaryAuthIfAvailable;
 
 public class InferencePipelineAggregationBuilder extends AbstractPipelineAggregationBuilder<InferencePipelineAggregationBuilder> {
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ public InferencePipelineAggregationBuilder rewrite(QueryRewriteContext context)
                 loadedModel.set(model);
 
                 boolean isLicensed = MachineLearningField.ML_API_FEATURE.check(licenseState)
-                    || licenseState.isAllowedByLicense(model.getLicenseLevel());
+                    || featureCheckForMode(model.getLicenseLevel(), licenseState);
                 if (isLicensed) {
                     delegate.onResponse(null);
                 } else {