diff --git a/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/customresourcevalidationregistration/cr_validation_registration.go b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/customresourcevalidationregistration/cr_validation_registration.go
index 76bdd704ec165..0654212e972af 100644
--- a/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/customresourcevalidationregistration/cr_validation_registration.go
+++ b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/customresourcevalidationregistration/cr_validation_registration.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package customresourcevalidationregistration
 import (
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apirequestcount"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/staticpodoperator"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apiserver"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/authentication"
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ var AllCustomResourceValidators = []string{
 	node.PluginName,
 	route.DefaultingPluginName,
 	route.PluginName,
+	staticpodoperator.PluginName,
 
 	// the kubecontrollermanager operator resource has to exist in order to run deployments to deploy admission webhooks.
 	kubecontrollermanager.PluginName,
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ func RegisterCustomResourceValidation(plugins *admission.Plugins) {
 	operator.Register(plugins)
 	scheduler.Register(plugins)
 	kubecontrollermanager.Register(plugins)
+	staticpodoperator.Register(plugins)
 
 	// This plugin validates the quota.openshift.io/v1 ClusterResourceQuota resources.
 	// NOTE: This is only allowed because it is required to get a running control plane operator.
diff --git a/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/staticpodoperator/validate_static_pod_operator.go b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/staticpodoperator/validate_static_pod_operator.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2b4a62b21e882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/staticpodoperator/validate_static_pod_operator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package staticpodoperator
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"reflect"
+
+	operatorv1 "github.com/openshift/api/operator/v1"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation"
+)
+
+const PluginName = "operator.openshift.io/ValidateStaticPodOperator"
+
+func Register(plugins *admission.Plugins) {
+	plugins.Register(PluginName, func(config io.Reader) (admission.Interface, error) {
+		return customresourcevalidation.NewValidator(
+			map[schema.GroupResource]bool{
+				operatorv1.Resource("etcds"):                  true,
+				operatorv1.Resource("kubeapiservers"):         true,
+				operatorv1.Resource("kubecontrollermanagers"): true,
+				operatorv1.Resource("kubeschedulers"):         true,
+			},
+			map[schema.GroupVersionKind]customresourcevalidation.ObjectValidator{
+				operatorv1.GroupVersion.WithKind("Etcd"): staticPodOperatorValidator[*operatorv1.Etcd]{
+					getStatus: func(o *operatorv1.Etcd) operatorv1.StaticPodOperatorStatus {
+						return o.Status.StaticPodOperatorStatus
+					},
+				},
+				operatorv1.GroupVersion.WithKind("KubeAPIServer"): staticPodOperatorValidator[*operatorv1.KubeAPIServer]{
+					getStatus: func(o *operatorv1.KubeAPIServer) operatorv1.StaticPodOperatorStatus {
+						return o.Status.StaticPodOperatorStatus
+					},
+				},
+				operatorv1.GroupVersion.WithKind("KubeControllerManager"): staticPodOperatorValidator[*operatorv1.KubeControllerManager]{
+					getStatus: func(o *operatorv1.KubeControllerManager) operatorv1.StaticPodOperatorStatus {
+						return o.Status.StaticPodOperatorStatus
+					},
+				},
+				operatorv1.GroupVersion.WithKind("KubeScheduler"): staticPodOperatorValidator[*operatorv1.KubeScheduler]{
+					getStatus: func(o *operatorv1.KubeScheduler) operatorv1.StaticPodOperatorStatus {
+						return o.Status.StaticPodOperatorStatus
+					},
+				},
+			})
+	})
+}
+
+func toKubeControllerManager(uncastObj runtime.Object) (*operatorv1.KubeControllerManager, field.ErrorList) {
+	if uncastObj == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
+
+	obj, ok := uncastObj.(*operatorv1.KubeControllerManager)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, append(allErrs,
+			field.NotSupported(field.NewPath("kind"), fmt.Sprintf("%T", uncastObj), []string{"KubeControllerManager"}),
+			field.NotSupported(field.NewPath("apiVersion"), fmt.Sprintf("%T", uncastObj), []string{"operator.openshift.io/v1"}))
+	}
+
+	return obj, nil
+}
+
+type staticPodOperatorValidator[T runtime.Object] struct {
+	getStatus func(o T) operatorv1.StaticPodOperatorStatus
+}
+
+func (staticPodOperatorValidator[T]) ValidateCreate(_ context.Context, uncastObj runtime.Object) field.ErrorList {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (staticPodOperatorValidator[T]) ValidateUpdate(_ context.Context, uncastObj runtime.Object, uncastOldObj runtime.Object) field.ErrorList {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (v staticPodOperatorValidator[T]) ValidateStatusUpdate(_ context.Context, uncastObj runtime.Object, uncastOldObj runtime.Object) field.ErrorList {
+	obj, ok := uncastObj.(T)
+	if !ok {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot validate object of unexpected type %T (expected %T)", uncastObj, reflect.TypeFor[T]()))
+	}
+	oldObj, ok := uncastOldObj.(T)
+	if !ok {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot validate object of unexpected type %T (expected %T)", uncastOldObj, reflect.TypeFor[T]()))
+	}
+
+	status := v.getStatus(obj)
+	oldStatus := v.getStatus(oldObj)
+
+	var errors field.ErrorList
+	for _, node := range status.NodeStatuses {
+		preexisting := false
+		for _, oldNode := range oldStatus.NodeStatuses {
+			if node.NodeName == oldNode.NodeName {
+				preexisting = true
+			}
+		}
+		if preexisting {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if node.CurrentRevision > 0 {
+			errors = append(errors, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "nodeStatuses"), node, "new node statuses can not have nonzero currentRevision"))
+		}
+		if node.TargetRevision > 0 {
+			errors = append(errors, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("status", "nodeStatuses"), node, "new node statuses can not have nonzero targetRevision"))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return errors
+}