diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
index 393632e2880a..b144371d8bc6 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
@@ -251,10 +251,12 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.exceptions.OMException.ResultCodes.TOKEN_ERROR_OTHER;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.lock.OzoneManagerLock.Resource.VOLUME_LOCK;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.ratis.OzoneManagerRatisServer.RaftServerStatus.LEADER_AND_READY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.ratis.OzoneManagerRatisServer.getRaftGroupIdFromOmServiceId;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerInterServiceProtocolProtos.OzoneManagerInterService;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.OzoneManagerService;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.PrepareStatusResponse.PrepareStatus;
 import org.apache.ratis.proto.RaftProtos.RaftPeerRole;
+import org.apache.ratis.protocol.RaftGroupId;
 import org.apache.ratis.server.protocol.TermIndex;
 import org.apache.ratis.util.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.ratis.util.LifeCycle;
@@ -1142,6 +1144,35 @@ private void initializeRatisDirs(OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
             omRatisSnapshotDir.toPath());
       }
 
+      File omRatisDir = new File(omRatisDirectory);
+      String groupIDfromServiceID = RaftGroupId.valueOf(
+          getRaftGroupIdFromOmServiceId(getOMServiceId())).getUuid().toString();
+
+      // If a directory exists in ratis storage dir
+      // Check the Ratis group Dir is same as the one generated from
+      // om service id.
+
+      // This will help to catch if some one has changed service id later on.
+      File[] ratisDirFiles = omRatisDir.listFiles();
+      if (ratisDirFiles != null) {
+        for (File ratisGroupDir : ratisDirFiles) {
+          if (ratisGroupDir.isDirectory()) {
+            if (!ratisGroupDir.getName().equals(groupIDfromServiceID)) {
+              throw new IOException("Ratis group Dir on disk "
+                  + ratisGroupDir.getName() + " does not match with RaftGroupID"
+                  + groupIDfromServiceID + " generated from service id "
+                  + getOMServiceId() + ". Looks like there is a change to " +
+                  OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_SERVICE_IDS_KEY + " value after the " +
+                  "cluster is setup. Currently change to this value is not " +
+                  "supported.");
+            }
+          } else {
+            LOG.warn("Unknown file {} exists in ratis storage dir {}",
+                ratisGroupDir, omRatisDir);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       if (peerNodesMap != null && !peerNodesMap.isEmpty()) {
         this.omSnapshotProvider = new OzoneManagerSnapshotProvider(
             configuration, omRatisSnapshotDir, peerNodesMap);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/ratis/OzoneManagerRatisServer.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/ratis/OzoneManagerRatisServer.java
index c187d6d5358d..56610be35eb7 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/ratis/OzoneManagerRatisServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/ratis/OzoneManagerRatisServer.java
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ public RaftPeerId getRaftPeerId() {
     return this.raftPeerId;
   }
 
-  private UUID getRaftGroupIdFromOmServiceId(String omServiceId) {
+  public static UUID getRaftGroupIdFromOmServiceId(String omServiceId) {
     return UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(omServiceId.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
   }