diff --git a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
index 253e0d7d915..0d6530bbfa2 100644
--- a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
@@ -214,10 +214,6 @@ func ValidateInstallConfig(c *types.InstallConfig, usingAgentMethod bool) field.
 				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("additionalEnabledCapabilities"), c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities,
 					"platform baremetal requires the baremetal capability"))
 			}
-			if !enabledCaps.Has(configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityIngress) {
-				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("additionalEnabledCapabilities"), c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities,
-					"the Ingress capability is required"))
-			}
 		}
 
 		if !enabledCaps.Has(configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityCloudCredential) {
@@ -238,6 +234,11 @@ func ValidateInstallConfig(c *types.InstallConfig, usingAgentMethod bool) field.
 					"disabling CloudControllerManager on External platform supported only with cloudControllerManager value none"))
 			}
 		}
+
+		if !enabledCaps.Has(configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityIngress) {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("capabilities"), c.Capabilities,
+				"the Ingress capability is required"))
+		}
 	}
 
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, ValidateFeatureSet(c)...)
diff --git a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
index ff825d14bf4..3884603b6e8 100644
--- a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
+++ b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ func TestValidateInstallConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			installConfig: func() *types.InstallConfig {
 				c := validInstallConfig()
 				c.Capabilities = &types.Capabilities{BaselineCapabilitySet: "v4.11"}
-				c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities = append(c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityCloudCredential, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityCloudControllerManager)
+				c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities = append(c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityCloudCredential, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityCloudControllerManager, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityIngress)
 				return c
 			}(),
 		},
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ func TestValidateInstallConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			installConfig: func() *types.InstallConfig {
 				c := validInstallConfig()
 				c.Capabilities = &types.Capabilities{BaselineCapabilitySet: "v4.11"}
-				c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities = append(c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityCloudCredential, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityOpenShiftSamples, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityCloudControllerManager)
+				c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities = append(c.Capabilities.AdditionalEnabledCapabilities, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityCloudCredential, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityOpenShiftSamples, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityCloudControllerManager, configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityIngress)
 				return c
 			}(),
 		},