diff --git a/app/models/project_services/kubernetes_service.rb b/app/models/project_services/kubernetes_service.rb
index ddd4026019b264d366bb6ec4d458fe6780a92131..722642f6da78b92b8fcbaca895b4348a7f0645ca 100644
--- a/app/models/project_services/kubernetes_service.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_services/kubernetes_service.rb
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class KubernetesService < DeploymentService
   end
 
   def deprecation_validation
-    return if active_changed?(from: true, to: false)
+    return if active_changed?(from: true, to: false) || (new_record? && !active?)
 
     if deprecated?
       errors[:base] << deprecation_message